Invention by design
how engineers get from thought to thing
by Henry Petroski
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Engineering entails more than knowing the way things work. What do economics and ecology, aesthetics and ethics, have to do with the shape of a paper clip, the tab of a beverage can, the cabin design of a turbojet, or the course of a river? How do the idiosyncrasies of individual engineers, companies, and communities leave their mark on projects from Velcro to fax machines to waterworks?
Invention by Design offers an insider's look at these political and cultural dimensions of design and development, production and construction.
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Engineering design, Political aspects of Engineering design, Case studies, Social aspects of Engineering design, Social aspects, Political aspects, Inventions, Case Reports, Angewandte Kunst, Entwurf, Gerät, Kunst, Politik, Sozialer Wandel, Technik, Ästhetik, Fallstudiensammlung, Uitvindingen, Engenharia (projeto), Conception technique, DesignShowing 5 featured editions. View all 5 editions?
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Invention by Design: How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing
January 2001, Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media
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Invention by Design: How Engines Get from Thought to Thing
October 1999, Tandem Library
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Invention by Design: How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing
1998, Harvard University Press
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1998, Harvard University Press
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Invention by design: how engineers get from thought to thing
1996, Harvard University Press
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-228) and index.
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This book explores the nature of engineering and technology through case studies of familiar objects, from paper clips and aluminum cans to airplanes and modern high-rise buildings. These real-world artifacts (some of which I have written about before) are approached here from a perspective designed to illuminate different facets of the engineering enterprise -- design, analysis, failure, economics, aesthetics, communications, politics, and quality control, to name but a few. The case studies also touch on a variety of engineering fields, including aeronautical, civil, computer, electrical, environmental, manufacturing, mechanical, and structural engineering. - Preface.
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