To Forgive Design: Understanding Failure
written by Henry Petroski (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2012, originally published 2012), 410 page(s)
Details
- Abstract / Summary
- In this book, Henry Petroski explores some notable engineering disasters (such as the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill and the Big Dig ceiling collapse) in an effort to justify that failures are inevitable with any technological development.
- Field of Interest
- Global Issues
- Author
- Henry Petroski
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Copyright Message
- Copyright © 2012 by Henry Petroski
- Content Type
- General reference book
- Duration
- 0 sec
- Format
- Text
- Original Publication Date
- 2012-04-29
- Page Count
- 410
- Publication Year
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Place Published / Released
- Cambridge, MA
- Subject
- Global Issues, Engineering, Social Sciences, Science & Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster, Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill (BP), Big Dig Ceiling Collapse, Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster, Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill (BP), Big Dig Ceiling Collapse, Civil engineering, Mechanical engineering, Chemical engineering, Engineering, Engenharia Química, Ingeniería Química, Ingeniería Civil y Ambiental, Engenharia Civil e Ambiental, Engenharia Mecânica, Ingeniería Mecánica, Aeronáutica y Astronáutica, Aeronáutica e Astronáutica, Bridge collapse, Challenger, Space shuttle, Failure, Deepwater Horizon, Bridge, BP, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Minneapolis, MN
- Keywords and Translated Subjects
- Engenharia Química, Ingeniería Química, Ingeniería Civil y Ambiental, Engenharia Civil e Ambiental, Engenharia Mecânica, Ingeniería Mecánica, Aeronáutica y Astronáutica, Aeronáutica e Astronáutica, Bridge collapse, Challenger, Space shuttle, Failure, Deepwater Horizon, Bridge
