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Success through failure : the paradox of design

Title
  1. Success through failure : the paradox of design / Henry Petroski.
Published by
  1. Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2006.
Author
  1. Petroski, Henry.

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Description
  1. xii, 235 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Summary
  1. 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.
Subject
  1. Engineering design > Case studies
  2. System failures (Engineering) > Case studies
  3. Engineering design
  4. System failures (Engineering)
  5. Entwurf
  6. Fehler
  7. Planung
  8. Technik
Genre/Form
  1. Case studies
  2. Case studies.
  3. Études de cas.
Contents
  1. 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.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-218) and index.