Success through Failure
The Paradox of Design
- Forfatter: Henry Petroski
- Format: Pocket
- Antall sider: 256
- Språk: Engelsk
- Forlag/Utgiver: SD Books
- Serienavn: Princeton Science Library
- EAN: 9780691180991
- Utgivelsesår: 2018
- Bidragsyter: Petroski, Henry
Design pervades our lives. Everything from drafting a PowerPoint presentation to planning a state-of-the-art bridge embodies this universal human activity. But what makes a great design? In this compelling and wide-ranging look at the essence of invention, distinguished engineer and author Henry Petroski argues that, time and again, we have built success on the back of failure--not through easy imitation of success.
Success through Failure shows us that making something better--by carefully anticipating and thus averting failure--is what invention and design are all about. Petroski explores the nature of invention and the character of the inventor through an unprecedented range of both everyday and extraordinary examples--illustrated lectures, child-resistant packaging for drugs, national constitutions, medical devices, the world''s tallest skyscrapers, long-span bridges, and more. Stressing throughout that there is no surer road to eventual failure than modeli
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