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Success through failure

Henry Petroski

2005235 pagesabout 4–5 hours
2005
first published
  • 2005Princeton University Press · 235 pages · ENGISBN 9780691122250
  • 2013Princeton University Press · 251 pages · ENGISBN 9781299758551
  • 2013Princeton University Press · 256 pages · ENGISBN 9781400849116
  • 2018Princeton University Press · 256 pages · ENGISBN 9781400889686
  • 2008Princeton University Press · 256 pages · ENGISBN 9780691136424
  • 2018Princeton University Press · 256 pagesISBN 9780691180991

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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