Henry Petroski

31 books

The Road Taken: The History and Future of America's Infrastructure by Henry Petroski

The Road Taken: The History and Future of America's Infrastructure

Henry Petroski

322 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction economics history science informative slow-paced
Small Things Considered: Why There Is No Perfect Design by Henry Petroski

Small Things Considered: Why There Is No Perfect Design

Henry Petroski

306 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction design science informative reflective slow-paced
Success Through Failure: The Paradox of Design by Henry Petroski

Success Through Failure: The Paradox of Design

Henry Petroski

235 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction business design informative reflective slow-paced
To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design by Henry Petroski

To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design

Henry Petroski

251 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

nonfiction design science informative slow-paced
To Forgive Design: Understanding Failure by Henry Petroski

To Forgive Design: Understanding Failure

Henry Petroski

432 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction design science challenging informative slow-paced
The Toothpick: Technology and Culture by Henry Petroski

The Toothpick: Technology and Culture

Henry Petroski

464 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction business design history challenging informative inspiring slow-paced
An Uncommon History of Common Things by John M. Thompson, Henry Petroski, Bethanne Patrick

An Uncommon History of Common Things

John M. Thompson, Henry Petroski, Bethanne Patrick

304 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction history reference science informative slow-paced
Alexander Calder: The Paris Years, 1926-1933 by Joan Simon
Alexander Calder: The Paris Years, 1926-1933
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Joan Simon

Alexander Calder: The Paris Years, 1926-1933

Joan Simon

304 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

Beyond Engineering: Essays and Other Attempts to Figure Without Equations by Tom Dunne, Henry Petroski
Beyond Engineering: Essays and Other Attempts to Figure Without Equations
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Tom Dunne, Henry Petroski

Beyond Engineering: Essays and Other Attempts to Figure Without Equations

Tom Dunne, Henry Petroski

256 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)

challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Design Paradigms: Case Histories of Error and Judgment in Engineering by Henry Petroski

Design Paradigms: Case Histories of Error and Judgment in Engineering

Henry Petroski

224 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

nonfiction design history informative medium-paced