Invention by design : how engineers get from thought to thing / Henry Petroski.

Author/creator Petroski, Henry
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1996.
Descriptionviii, 242 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction -- Paper clips and design -- Pencil points and analysis -- Zippers and development -- Aluminum cans and failure -- Facsimile and networks -- Airplanes and computers -- Water and society -- Bridges and politics -- Buildings and systems.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 217-228) and index.
LCCN 96019227
ISBN0674463676