Invention By Design: How Engineers Get From Thought to Thing

Name: Invention By Design: How Engineers Get From Thought to Thing
Author: Henry Petroski

written by Henry Petroski, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1996, originally published 1996), 242 page(s)

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Abstract / Summary: From the invention of the paper clip to the aluminum soda can, Henry Petroski's book takes a look into the process by which engineering ideas become useful products.
Field of Interest: Global Issues
Author: Henry Petroski
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Corporate Author: Harvard University Press
Content Type: General reference book
Duration: 0 sec
Format: Text
Original Publication Date: 1996
Page Count: 242
Publication Year: 1996
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Place Published / Released: Cambridge, MA
Subject: Global Issues, Engineering, Social Sciences, Science & Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Mechanical engineering, Chemical engineering, Aerospace engineering, Engineering, Engenharia Mecânica, Ingeniería Mecánica, Engenharia Química, Ingeniería Química, Ciência dos Materiais, Ciencia de Materiales, Aeronáutica y Astronáutica, Aeronáutica e Astronáutica, Design, Industrial design, Inventions, Engineering
Keywords and Translated Subjects: Engenharia Mecânica, Ingeniería Mecánica, Engenharia Química, Ingeniería Química, Ciência dos Materiais, Ciencia de Materiales, Aeronáutica y Astronáutica, Aeronáutica e Astronáutica, Design, Industrial design, Inventions, Engineering