An eminent engineer and historian tackles one of the most elemental aspects of life: how we experience and utilize physical force von Petroski, Henry

"The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance" von Henry Petroski ist eine umfassende Untersuchung der Geschichte und Entwicklung des Bleistifts. Petroski, ein Ingenieur und Historiker, beleuchtet die technischen, wirtschaftlichen...

A history of the great nineteenth- and twentieth-century bridges and the engineers who built them covers James Eads and the Mississippi River Bridge, Othman Ammann and the George Washington Bridge, and others

Success Through Failure von Petroski, Henry

Petroski reveals the science and engineering--not to mention the politics, egotism, and sheer magic--behind America's great bridges, particularly those constructed during the great bridge-building era starting in the 1870s and continuing...

How did a simple design error cause one of the great disasters of the 1980s - the collapse of the walkways at the Kansas City Hyatt Regency Hotel? What made the graceful and innovative Tacoma Narrows Bridge twist apart in a mild wind in...

Petroski, H: To Forgive Design - Understanding Failure