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To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design Henry Petroski
Publisher: Vintage

The last post about "The Evolution of Useful Things" reminded me about another of Petroski's books that I read some years ago: "To Engineer is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design". But I have not lost my interest in engineering. In science a single failed prediction can disprove a theory, no matter how many previous tests it has passed, while in engineering one successful design can validate a concept, no matter how many previous versions have failed. Technological factors-those related to the role, use and economics, have been much more decisive than the literary profile in the book and the furniture that fits. And that's good, says civil engineer Henry Petroski, the author of the book Engineer is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design. To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design by Henry Petroski. One of my favourite authors is Henry Petroski, whose book To Engineer is Human - The Role of Failure in Successful Design led me to read anything he publishes. Petroski has written more than a handful of books on engineering and picking up any one of his would qualify for a must-read. He has penned numerous books, including “To Engineer is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design” and “Pushing the Limits: New Adventures in Engineering. Science, and writing — to enrich the lives of everyone. The moral of this book is that behind every great engineering success is a trail of often ignored (but frequently spectacular) engineering failures. To study the fundamental physical potential To study these questions means exploring, not the time-bound consequences of human actions, but the timeless implications of known physical law.