[PDF.44cm] Invention by Design: How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing

Invention by Design: How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing

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 | #999429 in Books |  Harvard University Press |  1996-11-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  .97 x6.41 x9.48l,.1 | File type: PDF | 256 pages

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||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| What engineering is|By Vincent Poirier|Engineers build and design everything from zippers, paper clips, and beer cans to bridges, waterworks, and airplanes. What can such disparate items possibly have in common that they each fall under the heading of engineering?

There's more to it than just fiddling about with plans and models. Engineers think and engineers do. The|From Publishers Weekly|Invention, Petroski has steadfastly maintained, comes from a failure of design. The paperclip that can only be used in one direction, that becomes easily tangled in a box, or that tears the paper has led inventors to a cycle of improvement

Henry Petroski's previous bestsellers have delighted readers with intriguing stories about the engineering marvels around us, from the lowly pencil to the soaring suspension bridge. In this book, Petroski delves deeper into the mystery of invention, to explore what everyday artifacts and sophisticated networks can reveal about the way engineers solve problems.

Engineering entails more than knowing the way things work. What do economics and ecology, ae...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Invention by Design: How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing   |  Henry Petroski. I was recommended this book by a dear friend of mine.

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