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Success through failure by Henry Petroski · Booklabria

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Success through failure

Case studiesEngineering design

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First published: 2005
Language: English
Editions: 7

Synopsis

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.

Subjects: Case studies
Engineering design
Etudes de Cas
Conception technique
System failures

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