To Engineer Is Human

by Henry Petroski

Book Reviews

  • @kocienda @OED To add to this: My Years with General Motors https://t.co/W2s6NPHoXK and IBM's 360 and Early 370 Systems (History of Computing) https://t.co/8GSC6fdyOB and To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design https://t.co/Bv4CAiYdaRLink to Tweet
  • @briannekimmel If by personal I can say professional then “To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design” https://t.co/KswRNhlHbZ A runner up is this short piece by @michaelkinsley https://t.co/Vdq6hHePrHLink to Tweet
  • @jake_weinreb @joelgascoigne @mronge Also suggest reading about failure. Success is easy to write about and the lessons aren't as crisp other than cargo cult. Identifying patterns of failure can often be more valuable. Example: https://t.co/WTk8txdpln https://t.co/jiA93RPFCiLink to Tweet

About Book

Examines the process of engineering design and explains what can be learned by studying unsuccessful designs and the reasons for their failure