Henry Petroski
Henry Petroski (February 6, 1942) is an American engineer specializing in failure analysis. A professor both of civil engineering and history at Duke University, he is also a prolific author. Petroski has written over a dozen books – beginning with To Engineer is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design (1985) and including a number of titles detailing the industrial design history of common, everyday objects, such as pencils, paper clips, and silverware. He is a frequent lecturer and a columnist for the magazines American Scientist and Prism. His most recently published book is To Forgive Design: Understanding Failure.
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Birth date | February 06, 1942 |
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External resources
- http://www.cee.duke.edu/faculty/petroski/index.php
- http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-petroski4aug04,0,4564907.story?coll=la-news-comment-opinions
- http://www.nwtrb.gov/board/petroski.html
- http://www.prism-magazine.org/feb00/html/poet.cfm
- http://www.pupress.princeton.edu/titles/8132.html
- http://www.slate.com/id/2096958
- http://www.slate.com/id/2177109