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Success through failure : the paradox of design /

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Petroski, Henry
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2006]
Subjects:
Engineering design > Case studies.
System failures (Engineering) > Case studies.
Online Access:Table of contents
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:xii, 235 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [195]-218) and index.
ISBN:0691122253 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780691122250 (hbk. : alk. paper)
0691136424
9780691136424