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Henry Petroski

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Engineer specializing in failure analysis. Professor of civil engineering and history at Duke University. Prolific author with over a dozen books on the role of failure in successfu... Show More

Engineer specializing in failure analysis. Professor of civil engineering and history at Duke University. Prolific author with over a dozen books on the role of failure in successful design and the industrial design history of everyday objects.

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Book 1985
To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design
by Henry Petroski
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