Author Petroski, Henry.

Title Invention by design : how engineers get from thought to thing / Henry Petroski.

Imprint Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1996.
Location Call Number Status
 Monograph Collection  TA174 .P48 1996  AVAILABLE
Description viii, 242 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-228) and index.
Contents Introduction -- Paper clips and design -- Pencil points and analysis -- Zippers and development -- Aluminum cans and failure -- Facsimile and networks -- Airplanes and computers -- Water and society -- Bridges and politics -- Buildings and systems.
Subject(s) Engineering design -- Social aspects.
Engineering design -- Political aspects.
Engineering design -- Case studies.