To forgive design : understanding failure / Henry Petroski.
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TextPublisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2014Edition: First Harvard University Press paperback editionDescription: xii, 410 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0674416821; 9780674416826; 0674065840; 9780674065840Subject(s): System failures (Engineering) | System failures (Engineering)DDC classification: 620 LOC classification: TA169.5 | .P487 2012| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-394) and index.
"When planes crash, bridges collapse, and automobile gas tanks explode, we are quick to blame poor design. But Henry Petroski says we must look beyond design for causes and corrections. Known for his masterly explanations of engineering successes and failures, Petroski here takes his analysis a step further, to consider the larger context in which accidents occur"--Page 4 of cover.
By way of concrete examples -- Things happen -- Designed to fail -- Mechanics of failure -- A repeating problem -- The old and the new -- Searching for a cause -- The obligation of an engineer -- Before, during, and after the fall -- Legal matters -- Back-seat designers -- Houston, you have a problem -- Without a leg to stand on -- History and failure.
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