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To Forgive Design: Understanding Failure Henry Petroski
To Forgive Design: Understanding Failure
Henry Petroski
When planes crash, bridges collapse, and automobile gas tanks explode, we are quick to blame poor design. But Petroski, known for his masterly explanations of engineering successes and failures, says we must look beyond design to the interdependency of people and machines within complex socioeconomic systems undreamt of by designers.
432 pages, 12 halftones
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | March 30, 2012 |
| ISBN13 | 9780674065840 |
| Publishers | Harvard University Press |
| Pages | 432 |
| Dimensions | 215 × 147 × 34 mm · 589 g |