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The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance
Amazon.com Review: Like most other human artifacts, the common pencil, made and sold today by the millions, has a long and complex history. Henry Petroski, who combines a talent for fine writing with a deep knowledge of engineering and technological [... more]
$20.00
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The Evolution of Useful Things: How Everyday ...
Amazon.com Review: This surprising book may appear to be about the simple things of life--forks, paper clips, zippers--but in fact it is a far-flung historical adventure on the evolution of common culture. To trace the fork's history, Duke University [... more]
$14.95
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Small Things Considered: Why There Is No Perfect Design
I should have "designed" another use for my $14.00: I purchased this book from the Duke University bookstore, with a recommendation from a professor at another institution. I am completely disappointed with this book. I am an engineer myself, [... more]
$25.00
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The Book on the Bookshelf
Amazon.com Review: Consider the book. Though Goodnight Moon and Finnegans Wake differ considerably in content and intended audience, they do share some basic characteristics. They have pages, they're roughly the same shape, and whether in a bookstore, [... more]
$26.00
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Pushing the Limits: New Adventures in Engineering
Mostly Bridges: This book is a worthwhile addition to Petroski's accounts of adventures in engineering. His many essays on the possibilities of gutsy achievement in large scale engineering is leavened by cautionary tales of overconfidence and hubris. His [... more]
$25.00
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Remaking the World: Adventures in Engineering
Amazon.com Review: Engineers, Henry Petroski observes, are sometimes their own worst enemies, at least so far as communicating their work to the general public is concerned. Some engineers, of course, have been exceptions. One of the unlikely heroes of [... more]
$14.95
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The Book on the Bookshelf
Amazon.com Review: Consider the book. Though Goodnight Moon and Finnegans Wake differ considerably in content and intended audience, they do share some basic characteristics. They have pages, they're roughly the same shape, and whether in a bookstore, [... more]
$14.95
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Paperboy: Confessions of a Future Engineer
another winner by Henry Petroski: "Paperboy", by Henry Petroski is another one of his intelligent, friendly, winning books.Petroski, of "The Pencil", and "The Evolution of Useful Things,"wrote about his family's move from [... more]
$14.00
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Design Paradigms: Case Histories of Error and Judgment ...
Book Description: From classical temples to twentieth century towers, engineers have learned more about design from failure than from success. By showing how errors were introduced and how they might be avoided, this book suggests how better design [... more]
$35.99
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Engineers of Dreams: Great Bridge Builders and the ...
Amazon.com Review: Henry Petroski's lyrical history of bridge builders in America is organized around five engineers: James Eads (inventor of the diving bell, which bridged Mississippi at St. Louis); Theodore Cooper (railroad bridge engineer and designer [... more]
$16.95
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Invention by Design: How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing
A very enjoyable and great teaching book!: Want to know the facts behind the everyday things we use? Invention by Design, by Henry Petroski, is a very interesting book. It explains how items used by people daily were thought of and created. This book [... more]
$27.50
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To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful ...
Amazon.com Review: The moral of this book is that behind every great engineering success is a trail of often ignored (but frequently spectacular) engineering failures. Petroski covers many of the best known examples of well-intentioned but ultimately [... more]
$14.95
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