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Author - Henry Petroski
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Law
It seems to be a law of design that for every advantage introduced through redesign, there is an accompanying....
Engineering
Failure is central to engineering. Every single calculation that an engineer makes is a failure calculation.....
College
I was always told that I was good in mathematics, and I guess my grades and standardized test scores....
Future
The paradox is that when we model future designs on past successes, we are inviting failure down the....
World
As engineers, we were going to be in a position to change the world - not just study it.
Say
You can almost say that a design error is a human error because, after all, it's we humans who do the....
Nothing
Design is nothing if not decision making.
Engineering
I emphasize that virtually every engineering calculation is ultimately a failure calculation, because....
Without
No design, no matter how common or seemingly insignificant, is without its adamant critics as well as....
Universe
The space shuttle was designed, at least in part, to broaden our knowledge of the universe. To scientists,....
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