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100 1 _aPetroski, Henry.
245 1 0 _aTo forgive design :
_bunderstanding failure /
_cHenry Petroski.
250 _aFirst Harvard University Press paperback edition.
264 1 _aCambridge, Massachusetts :
_bThe Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,
_c2014.
300 _axii, 410 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c21 cm
336 _atext
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337 _aunmediated
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338 _avolume
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504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 363-394) and index.
520 _a"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.
505 0 _aBy 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.
650 0 _aSystem failures (Engineering)
650 7 _aSystem failures (Engineering)
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