Henry Petroski

Henry Petroski

Henry Petroski has written at least 25 books. Their most popular book is The Evolution Of Useful Things with 18 saves with an average rating of 4⭐.

The Evolution Of Useful Things
The Book on the Bookshelf
To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design
The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance
Force
The Road Taken
To Forgive Design: Understanding Failure
Uncommon History of Common Things, An
The toothpick
Invention by Design
Small Things Considered: Why There Is No Perfect Design
The Pencil
The House with Sixteen Handmade Doors: A Tale of Architectural Choice and Craftsmanship
Success through Failure: The Paradox of Design
The Road Taken: The History and Future of America's Infrastructure
To Engineer is Human
Success Through Failure
Design Paradigms
Paperboy
Pushing the limits
The essential engineer
Pushing the Limits: New Adventures in Engineering
To forgive design
The Essential Engineer: Why Science Alone Will Not Solve Our Global Problems