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Reading Henry Petroski
Inventions & Patents, Technology innovations, Civil engineers and more—these are some of the subjects treated within the works of Henry Petroski, the Case 2010 Distinguished Lecture Series.
A quick study of Petroski's books owned by Kelvin Smith Library also gives you additional subject words so you can find more books like them. Use a "subject" search on the Case Catalog for Engineering (plus Case studies, System failures, Design, History, Social aspects of, Political aspects of), Problem-solving, and of course the Bridges, Pencils, Toothpicks, and Books.
Discover his articles—search for Petroski as an author in our non-engineering databases (ABI/Inform, or many ESBCO databases like Academic Search Complete) & find articles from Harvard Business Review, the Wall Street Journal, New Scientist, Technology and Culture, Scientific American, Business History Review, Design News, the Futurist, and many more.
Get a glimpse into the author's mind and interests of engineering, culture, innovations & human involvement in it all by looking at his book titles below, owned by Kelvin Smith Library & found on the Case Catalog:
Beyond engineering : essays and other attempts to figure without equations
The essential engineer: why science alone will not solve our global problems
The toothpick : technology and culture
The Book on the Bookshelf
Paperboy : confessions of a future engineer
Small things considered : why there is no perfect design
Success through failure : the paradox of design
The pencil : a history
When engineering fails [videorecording]
Pushing the limits : new adventures in engineering
Remaking the world : adventures in engineering
Invention by design : how engineers get from thought to thing
Engineers of dreams : great bridge builders and the spanning of America
Design paradigms : case histories of error and judgment in engineering
The evolution of useful things
Beyond engineering : essays and other attempts to figure without equations
To engineer is human : the role of failure in successful design
Posted by Karen Oye on March 25, 2010 10:51 AM
