An edition of Success through failure: the paradox of design
(2005)
Success through Failure
The Paradox of Design
by Henry Petroski
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Examines many of the failed designs and inventions that led to greater improvements siting as examples the 1940 collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge and the space shuttle disasters.
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Success Through Failure: The Paradox of Design
2018, Princeton University Press
in English
1400889685 9781400889686
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Success through Failure: The Paradox of Design
May 29, 2018, Princeton University Press
paperback
0691180997 9780691180991
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Success Through Failure: The Paradox of Design
2013, Princeton University Press
in English
140084911X 9781400849116
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Success Through Failure: The Paradox of Design
2013, Princeton University Press
in English
129975855X 9781299758551
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Success through Failure: The Paradox of Design
February 21, 2008, Princeton University Press
Paperback
in English
0691136424 9780691136424
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Success through failure: the paradox of design
2006, Princeton University Press
in English
0691122253 9780691122250
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Success through failure: the paradox of design
2005, Princeton University Press
in English
0691122253 9780691122250
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"Desire, not necessity, is the mother of invention."
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