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Invention by Design: How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing
Henry Petroski
ISBN:
0674463684
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Synopsis
In this book, Petroski delves deeper into the mystery of
invention, to explore what everyday artifacts and sophisticated
networks can reveal about the way engineers solve problems.
Engineering entails more than knowing the way things work. What do
economics and ecology, aesthetics and ethics, have to do with the
shape of a paper clip, the tab of a beverage can, the cabin design
of a turbojet, or the course of a river? How do the idiosyncrasies
of individual engineers, companies and communities leave their
mark on projects from Velcro to fax machines to waterworks?
"Invention by Design" offers an insider's look at these
political and cultural dimensions of design and development,
production and construction. Henry Petroski's previous books
include: "To Engineer Is Human", which was developed
into a BBC television documentary; "The Pencil":
"The Evolution of Useful Things"; and "Engineers of
Dreams".
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