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Crippa, Luca Leo, Maurizio Olsen, Patricia. Petroski, Henry. Petrovski, Sue Matthews.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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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 388.1 PETPetroski, Henry.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 620.004 PETPetroski, Henry.
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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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 609 PETPetroski, Henry.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 674.88 PETPetroski, Henry.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 022.4 PETPetroski, Henry.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 624 PETPetroski, Henry.
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
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 620 PETPetrovski, Sue Matthews.
Summary: "Sue Petrovski has always been capable, thoughtful, and productive. After retiring from a long and successful career in education, she published two books, ran an antiques business, and volunteered in her community. When her mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and until her death eight years later, Petrovski served as her primary caregiver. She even cared for her husband when he also...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Purdue University Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.61 PETLeo, Maurizio
Summary: "A dynamic, authoritative sourdough baking bible for those looking to build confidence in the craft with a wide range of foolproof recipes, from pan loaves to pizza to doughnuts, by the beloved blogger and resident bread baker at Food52 Maurizio Leo's blog The Perfect Loaf is the go-to destination on the internet for beginner sourdough bakers. He now brings his impeccably detailed techniques,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarkson Potter/Publishers 2022
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Summary: An empowering, practical guide to help the brothers and sisters of alcoholics-by a journalist and sibling of two alcoholics, and an addiction specialist.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo Lifelong 2008
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A mathematics resource book with explanations, formulas, definitions, and rules for topics ranging from the base ten system to statistics, geometry, algebra and others.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Great Source Education Group 1999
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Summary: "Wilhelm Brasse: "I looked death in the eyes. I did it fifty thousand times..." When Germany invaded Poland in 1939, photographer Wilhelm Brasse was sent to Auschwitz. His inability to condone the Third Reich and swear allegiance to Hitler landed him at one of the deadliest concentration camps of WWII. There, he was forced to record the camp's atrocities. From 1940-1945, Brasse took more than...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks 2021