Tell your friends about this item:
Henry Petroski
Design Paradigms: Case Histories of Error and Judgment in Engineering Henry Petroski
Price
DKK 340
excl. VAT
Ordered from remote warehouse
Expected delivery Dec 2 - 12
Christmas presents can be returned until 31 January
Our customers say:
Add to your iMusic wish list
Design Paradigms: Case Histories of Error and Judgment in Engineering
Henry Petroski
To explain the enduring aspects of engineering design, the author relates stories of some of the greatest engineering successes and failures of all time. These case histories, presented as paradigms for modern engineers, are intended to illuminate the design process and improve design practice.
224 pages, 41 line drawings, 2 tables, 25 half-tones, references, bibliography,index
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | May 27, 1994 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521466493 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 224 |
| Dimensions | 229 × 152 × 20 mm · 350 g |
| Language | English |
Show all
More by Henry Petroski
![Cover for Henry Petroski · Success through Failure: The Paradox of Design - Princeton Science Library (Paperback Book) [size S] (2018)](https://imusic.b-cdn.net/images/item/original/991/9780691180991.jpg?henry-petroski-2018-success-through-failure-the-paradox-of-design-princeton-science-library-paperback-book&class=scaled&v=1534144629)
![Cover for Henry Petroski · Messer, Gabel, Reissverschluss: Die Evolution Der Gebrauchsgegenstande (Paperback Book) [Softcover Reprint of the Original 1st 1994 edition] (2014)](https://imusic.b-cdn.net/images/item/original/908/9783034861908.jpg?henry-petroski-2014-messer-gabel-reissverschluss-die-evolution-der-gebrauchsgegenstande-paperback-book&class=scaled&v=1415057503)
![Cover for Henry Petroski · Der Bleistift: Die Geschichte Eines Gebrauchsgegenstands (Paperback Book) [Softcover Reprint of the Original 1st 1995 edition] (2014)](https://imusic.b-cdn.net/images/item/original/017/9783034860017.jpg?henry-petroski-2014-der-bleistift-die-geschichte-eines-gebrauchsgegenstands-paperback-book&class=scaled&v=1415057539)
![Cover for Henry Petroski · The Toothpick: Technology and Culture (Paperback Book) [Reprint edition] (2008)](https://imusic.b-cdn.net/images/item/original/439/9780307279439.jpg?henry-petroski-2008-the-toothpick-technology-and-culture-paperback-book&class=scaled&v=1409695865)
![Cover for Henry Petroski · Engineers of Dreams: Great Bridge Builders and the Spanning of America (Paperback Book) [1st edition] (1996)](https://imusic.b-cdn.net/images/item/original/214/9780679760214.jpg?henry-petroski-1996-engineers-of-dreams-great-bridge-builders-and-the-spanning-of-america-paperback-book&class=scaled&v=1409646440)
![Cover for Henry Petroski · The Pencil: a History of Design and Circumstance (Paperback Book) [1st edition] (1992)](https://imusic.b-cdn.net/images/item/original/154/9780679734154.jpg?henry-petroski-1992-the-pencil-a-history-of-design-and-circumstance-paperback-book&class=scaled&v=1408398316)
See all of Henry Petroski ( e.g. Paperback Book , Hardcover Book and CD )