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Henry Petroski

American engineer specializing in failure analysis

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Born 1942
Died 2023

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  • Cover of: Success through Failure: The Paradox of Design

    Cover of edition successthroughfa0000petr First published in 2005 — 7 editions
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  • Cover of: The evolution of useful things

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  • Cover of: To engineer is human: the role of failure in successful design

    Cover of edition toengineerishuma0000petr Cover of edition toengineerishuma0000henr First published in 1982 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: The pencil: a history of design and circumstance

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  • Cover of: Invention by design: how engineers get from thought to thing

    First published in 1996 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Engineer's Alphabet: Gleanings from the Softer Side of a Profession

    First published in 2011 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Plane-strain stress intensity factors for cracked hexagonal subassembly ducts

    First published in 1977 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Remaking the world: adventures in engineering

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  • Cover of: The toothpick: technology and culture

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  • Cover of: To Forgive Design

    First published in 2012 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The book on the bookshelf

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  • Cover of: To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design

    First published in 2018 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Force: What It Means to Push and Pull, Slip and Grip, Start and Stop

    First published in 2022 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Bleistift: Die Geschichte Eines Gebrauchsgegenstands

    First published in 2013 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Messer, Gabel, Reissverschluss: Die Evolution der Gebrauchsgegenstände

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  • Cover of: The House with Sixteen Handmade Doors

    First published in 2014 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Small Things Considered: Why There Is No Perfect Design

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  • Cover of: Pushing the Limits: New Adventures in Engineering

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  • Cover of: The essential engineer: why science alone will not solve our global problems

    First published in 2010 — 2 editions
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Born 1942
Died 2023

Subjects

Engineering, History, Engineering design, New York Times reviewed, System failures (Engineering), Technological innovations, Case studies, Science, Inventions, Popular works, Problem solving, Research, Technology and civilization, Biography, Bookbinding, Books, Bruggen (weg- en waterbouw), Civil engineers, Conception technique, Industrial design, Long Now Manual for Civilization, Miscellanea, Patents, Pencils, Philosophy

Places

Europe, United States, Hyatts hotel, New York, New York (State), USA, États-Unis

People

Henry Petroski

Time

1945-, 1950-Early 1980s, 19e siècle, 19th century, 20e siècle, 20th century

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ID Numbers

  • OLID: OL20433A

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Alternative names

  • Petroski Henry
  • PETROSKI,HENRY

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July 5, 2023 Edited by Tom Morris Add birth & death dates & brief bio from Wikidata
July 5, 2023 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
September 11, 2008 Edited by RenameBot fix author name
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import