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Success through failure : (Petroski, Henry.)
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Success through failure :
Subtitle:
 the paradox of design /
Author:
 Petroski, Henry. Search Author in Amazon Books

Publisher:
Princeton University Press,
ISBN:
 0691122253 ((hardcover) : alk. paper)
Edition:
 2008.
Classification:
 TA174
Dewey:
 620/.0042
URL:
http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip063/2005034126.html
http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0654/2005034126-d.html
http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0734/2005034126-b.html
Detailed notes
    - Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-218) and index.
    - From Plato's cave to PowerPoint -- Success and failure in design -- Intangible things -- Things small and large -- Building on success -- Stepping-stones to super-spans -- The historical future.
    - Examines many of the failed designs and inventions that led to greater improvements siting as examples the 1940 collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge and the space shuttle disasters.
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