Petroski, Henry.
Summary: "Physical infrastructure in the United States is crumbling. The American Society of Civil Engineers has, in its latest report, given American roads and bridges a grade of D and C+, respectively, and has described roughly sixty-five thousand bridges in the United States as 'structurally deficient.' This crisis--and one need look no further than the I-35W bridge collapse in Minnesota to see that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2016
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2006
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Summary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2012
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Summary: Only Henry Petroski, author of The Pencil, could make one never pick up a paper clip again without being overcome with feelings of awe and reverence. In his new book the author examines a host of techno-trivia questions - how the fork got its tines, why Scotch tape is called that, how the paper clip evolved, how the Post-it note came to be, how the zipper was named, why aluminum cans have...
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Publisher / Publication Date: A. Knopf 1992
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1990
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 1999
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1995
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Summary: This ultimate book on books tells how they came to be and how we keep them, from papyrus scrolls boxed at Alexandria through Gutenberg's era to books shelved upright at the Library of Congress.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Contents: Ubiquitous risk -- Engineering is rocket science -- Doctors and Dilberts -- Which comes first? -- Einstein the inventor -- Speed bumps -- Research and development -- Development and research -- Alternative energies -- Complex systems -- Two cultures -- Uncertain science and engineering -- Great achievements and grand challenges -- Prizing engineering.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2010
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Summary: A professor of civil engineering considers ordinary objects as works in progress, taking readers inside the creative design process of such commonplace objects as chairs, light bulbs, tooth brushes, door knobs, and light switches.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2003