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LEADER: 01134cam a2200277 a 45e0
001 279280
005 20020124112911.0
008 020107s1996 mauab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 96019227
035 $a34640793
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015 $aGB97-4394
019 $a37975644
020 $a0674463676
050 00 $aTA174$b.P4735 1996
049 $aXIMM
100 1 $aPetroski, Henry.
245 10 $aInvention by design :$bhow engineers get from thought to thing /$cHenry Petroski.
260 $aCambridge, Mass. :$bHarvard University Press,$c1996.
300 $aviii, 242 p. :$bill., map ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 217-228) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- Paper clips and design -- Pencil points and analysis -- Zippers and development -- Aluminum cans and failure -- Facsimile and networks -- Airplanes and computers -- Water and society -- Bridges and politics -- Buildings and systems.
650 0 $aEngineering design$xSocial aspects.
650 0 $aEngineering design$xPolitical aspects.
650 0 $aEngineering design$vCase studies.
994 $aE0$bXIM