About To forgive design: understanding failure
| Authors | Petroski, Henry |
|---|---|
| Date | 2012 |
| Publisher | Belknap Press of Harvard University Press |
| Place | Cambridge, Mass |
| ISBN | 978-0-674-06584-0 978-0-674-06889-6 978-0-674-06543-7 |
| Language | eng |
Type: Book
Tags: For Engineers, General Audience
Abstract
Argues that failures in structural engineering are not necessarily due to the physical design of the structures, but instead a misunderstanding of how cultural and socioeconomic constraints would affect the structures