The Resource To forgive design : understanding failure, Henry Petroski
To forgive design : understanding failure, Henry Petroski
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Resource Information
The item To forgive design : understanding failure, Henry Petroski represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waubonsee Community College.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xii, 410 pages
- Contents
-
- By 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
- Isbn
- 9780674065840
- Label
- To forgive design : understanding failure
- Title
- To forgive design
- Title remainder
- understanding failure
- Statement of responsibility
- Henry Petroski
- Language
- eng
- 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
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Petroski, Henry
- Dewey number
- 620/.00452
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- TA169.5
- LC item number
- .P48 2012
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- System failures (Engineering)
- System failures (Engineering)
- Structural failures
- Label
- To forgive design : understanding failure, Henry Petroski
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- By 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
- Control code
- ocn758244510
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- xii, 410 pages
- Isbn
- 9780674065840
- Lccn
- 2011044194
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 7206411
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780674065840
- (OCoLC)758244510
- Label
- To forgive design : understanding failure, Henry Petroski
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- By 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
- Control code
- ocn758244510
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- xii, 410 pages
- Isbn
- 9780674065840
- Lccn
- 2011044194
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 7206411
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780674065840
- (OCoLC)758244510
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