To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design Henry Petroski
Publisher: Vintage

The last post about "The Evolution of Useful Things" reminded me about another of Petroski's books that I read some years ago: "To Engineer is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design". For what it's worth, I haven't noticed any striking resemblances. Vesic Professor of Civil Engineering and professor of history, is an expert in the implications of failure for engineering. To Engineer is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design. As Henry Petroski writes in To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design, we learn more from our failures than our successes. Invention by design: How engineers get from thought to thing. This book explains how engineering design (usually using civil or structural engineering examples) evolves. -To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design (by Henry Petroski). The work continues a theme from other books he's published, such as “Success through Failure: The Paradox of Design” in 2006 and “To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design” in 1992. To Engineer is Human The Role of Failure in Successful Design ~ Henry Petroski ~ Sunny Solomon. Recently I read a compelling book published in the 1980′s called To Engineer Is Human. Read the book review or blog post from the Bookin' with Sunny reviewers and discussions from the Book Club. Invention by Design; How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing. Find 0 Sale, Discount and Low Cost items for failure is success - prices as low as $8.99. [4] To Engineer is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design, ISBN-13 978-0679734161. Petroski is the author of 15 books including, To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design and Success Through Failure: The Paradox of Design. One should remember the lesson drawn by Henri Petroski (author of the Pencil an To Engineer is Human) that success leads to a lowering of standards and failure leads to an raising of standards. Success through Failure: The Paradox of Design. A really good book that changed my view on the subject was “To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design” by Henry Petroski. Posted April 29, 2010 at 5:35 am | Permalink.