Petroski, Henry. <br/><br/>
To forgive design :  understanding failure / 
Henry Petroski. 
 - Cambridge, Mass. :  Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,  c2012. 
 - xii, 410 p. :  ill. ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> Argues that failures in structural engineering are not necessarily due to the physical design of the structures, but instead a misunderstanding of how cultural and socioeconomic constraints would affect the structures. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780674065840 (hc : alk. paper) 0674065840 (hc : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011044194 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>System failures (Engineering)
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TA169.5  / .P48 2012 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>620/.00452