Invention by design : how engineers get from thought to thing
(1996)
By:
Petroski, Henry
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
620.0042/PETROSKI,H
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1996
DESCRIPTION
viii, 242 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
0674463676
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Introduction -- Paper clips and design -- Pencil points and analysis -- Zippers and development -- Aluminum cans and failure -- Facsimile and networks -- Airplanes and computers -- Water and society -- Bridges and politics -- Buildings and systems