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Invention by Design

Hardcover • 1996 • English

Invention by Design: How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing

By Petroski, Henry

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About the book

Henry Petroski's previous bestsellers have delighted readers with intriguing stories about the engineering marvels around us, from the lowly pencil to the soaring suspension bridge. In this book, Petroski delves deeper into the mystery of invention, to explore what everyday artifacts and sophisticated networks can reveal about the way engineers solve problems. Engineering entails more than knowing the way things work. What do economics and ecology, aesthetics and ethics, have to do with the shap...Show more

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Book details

ISBN

9780674463677

Publisher

Harvard University Press

Published year

1996

Language

English

Original title

Invention by Design

Format

Hardcover

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