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Henry Petroski
14 books
Books by Henry Petroski

Engineers of Dreams: Great Bridge Builders and the Spanning of America
Henry Petroski

Remaking the World: Adventures in Engineering
Henry Petroski

Seeing Further: Ideas, Endeavours, Discoveries and Disputes — The Story of Science Through 350 Years of the Royal Society
Neal Stephenson, Richard Dawkins, Margaret Atwood, Gregory Benford, Paul C.W. Davies, Bill Bryson, Rebecca Goldstein, Henry Petroski, Simon Schaffer, Ian Stewart, James Gleick, Stephen H. Schneider, Philip Ball, Steve Jones, Richard Holmes, Martin J. Rees, John D. Barrow, Richard Fortey, Margaret Wertheim, Maggie Gee, Oliver Morton, Georgina Ferrey

Small Things Considered: Why There Is No Perfect Design
Henry Petroski

Success through Failure: The Paradox of Design
Henry Petroski

The Book on the Bookshelf
Henry Petroski

The Essential Engineer: Why Science Alone Will Not Solve Our Global Problems
Henry Petroski

The Evolution of Useful Things: How Everyday Artifacts-From Forks and Pins to Paper Clips and Zippers-Came to be as They are
Henry Petroski

The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance
Henry Petroski

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

The Toothpick: Technology and Culture
Henry Petroski

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

To Forgive Design: Understanding Failure
Henry Petroski

Uncommon History of Common Things, An
Henry Petroski, John M. Thompson, Bethanne Patrick