To engineer is human : the role of failure in successful design /

How did a simple design error cause one of the great disasters of the 1980s-the collapse of the walkways at the Kansas City Hyatt Regency Hotel? What made the graceful and innovative Tacoma Narrows Bridge twist apart in a mild wind in 1940? How did an oversized waterlily inspire the magnificent Crys...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Petroski, Henry (Author)
Other Authors: Boston, Matthew (Narrator)
Format: CD Audio Book
Language:English
Published: [Old Saybrook, Conn.] : Tantor Audio, [2018]
Edition:Unabridged.
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