Success through Failure : The Paradox of Design /

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Petroski, Henry
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2006.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Technik
Planung
Fehler
Entwurf
System failures (Engineering)
Engineering design.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Civil > General.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Reference.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Engineering (General)
Pannes > Études de cas.
Conception technique > Études de cas.
System failures (Engineering) > Case studies.
Engineering design > Case studies.
Case studies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource: illustrations
ISBN:9781400849116

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