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An engineer's alphabet : gleanings from the softer side of a profession / / Henry Petroski [[electronic resource]]
| An engineer's alphabet : gleanings from the softer side of a profession / / Henry Petroski [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Petroski Henry |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (viii, 360 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 601 |
| Soggetto topico |
Engineering - Philosophy
Technology - Philosophy |
| ISBN |
1-107-23007-1
1-139-18006-1 1-283-38420-5 1-139-18984-0 9786613384201 1-139-18853-4 1-139-18391-5 1-139-19113-6 1-139-18623-X 1-139-05751-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; AN ENGINEER'S ALPHABET; Other Books by the Author; Title; Copyright; To Stephen and Laura; Preface; A; abbreviations.; acronyms.; "alphabet of the engineer."; ancient engineering.; applied science.; architects vs. engineers.; arm waving.; artist-engineers.; asphalt cookies.; B; back of the envelope.; backups and redundancy.; badges of engineering societies.; bents and bridges.; biographies of engineers.; books by and about engineers.; David Billington.; Eugene Ferguson.; James Kip Finch.; Samuel Florman.; Richard Meehan.; Walter Vincenti.; Richard G.Weingardt.; Engineers' Dreams.
The Great Bridge.The Soul of a New Machine.; bridge-building contests.; bug.; C; calculators.; Centennial of Engineering.; cheers of engineers.; cities and other places named for engineers.; civil engineering.; codes and standards.; codes of ethics.; computer.; concrete.; concrete canoes.; Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat.; craft tradition.; cut-and-try.; D; definitions of engineering.; Dilbert.; disasters and near-disasters.; Bhopal.; Challenger.; Citicorp Tower.; Columbia.; Deepwater Horizon.; Fukushima.; Hyatt Regency.; Texas A&M Bonfire.; Three Mile Island.; World Trade Center. drafting tables.duty of an engineer.; E; economics and engineering.; education of engineers.; egg-drop competition.; "electronic engineer."; "Elegy to an Engineer's Sweetheart."; engineer.; engineer.; Engineering News-Record.; engineering science.; "engineers."; "Engineer's Creed."; Engineers Week.; "enginerd."; Erector set.; Erie Canal.; ethics.; expert witness.; Daubert.; Kumho.; F; factor of safety.; failure.; "Faith of the Engineer."; famous engineers.; Theodore von Kármán.; Charles Kettering.; John Smeaton.; David B. Steinman.; Charles Steinmetz.; Thomas Telford.; Stephen P. Timoshenko. J. A. L. Waddell.father-and-son engineers.; The Lighthouse Stevensons.; fight songs for engineers.; financial engineering.; FIRST.; founder societies.; French tradition in engineering.; G; gentlemen and engineers.; G.I. Bill.; glass half full.; Grand Challenges.; Greatest Britons.; Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th Century.; "a great profession."; H; hairy-eared engineer.; half-life of technical skills.; hard hat.; heroic engineers.; highway numbering system.; historic engineering landmarks.; history and engineering.; history of technology.; honor societies. hubris in engineering.I; image of engineers.; imagineering.; industrial design.; industry.; infrastructure.; insight in engineering.; intuition in engineering.; inventions without necessity.; invention vs. innovation.; inventors.; Iron Bridge.; iron ring.; J; jokes about engineers.; joylessness of engineering.; K; keys of honor societies.; L; land-grant institutions.; land surveying.; LAND SURVEYING; letters after an engineer's name.; C.E.; C.Eng.; D.E.E.; D.Sc.; E.I.T.; F.Eng.; M.E.; M.I.C.E.; N.A.E.; P.E.; P.Eng.; S.E.; letters and numerals.; liberal education.; libraries. licensing of engineers. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457506003321 |
Petroski Henry
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| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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An engineer's alphabet : gleanings from the softer side of a profession / / Henry Petroski [[electronic resource]]
| An engineer's alphabet : gleanings from the softer side of a profession / / Henry Petroski [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Petroski Henry |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (viii, 360 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 601 |
| Soggetto topico |
Engineering - Philosophy
Technology - Philosophy |
| ISBN |
1-107-23007-1
1-139-18006-1 1-283-38420-5 1-139-18984-0 9786613384201 1-139-18853-4 1-139-18391-5 1-139-19113-6 1-139-18623-X 1-139-05751-0 |
| Classificazione | TEC009000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; AN ENGINEER'S ALPHABET; Other Books by the Author; Title; Copyright; To Stephen and Laura; Preface; A; abbreviations.; acronyms.; "alphabet of the engineer."; ancient engineering.; applied science.; architects vs. engineers.; arm waving.; artist-engineers.; asphalt cookies.; B; back of the envelope.; backups and redundancy.; badges of engineering societies.; bents and bridges.; biographies of engineers.; books by and about engineers.; David Billington.; Eugene Ferguson.; James Kip Finch.; Samuel Florman.; Richard Meehan.; Walter Vincenti.; Richard G.Weingardt.; Engineers' Dreams.
The Great Bridge.The Soul of a New Machine.; bridge-building contests.; bug.; C; calculators.; Centennial of Engineering.; cheers of engineers.; cities and other places named for engineers.; civil engineering.; codes and standards.; codes of ethics.; computer.; concrete.; concrete canoes.; Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat.; craft tradition.; cut-and-try.; D; definitions of engineering.; Dilbert.; disasters and near-disasters.; Bhopal.; Challenger.; Citicorp Tower.; Columbia.; Deepwater Horizon.; Fukushima.; Hyatt Regency.; Texas A&M Bonfire.; Three Mile Island.; World Trade Center. drafting tables.duty of an engineer.; E; economics and engineering.; education of engineers.; egg-drop competition.; "electronic engineer."; "Elegy to an Engineer's Sweetheart."; engineer.; engineer.; Engineering News-Record.; engineering science.; "engineers."; "Engineer's Creed."; Engineers Week.; "enginerd."; Erector set.; Erie Canal.; ethics.; expert witness.; Daubert.; Kumho.; F; factor of safety.; failure.; "Faith of the Engineer."; famous engineers.; Theodore von Kármán.; Charles Kettering.; John Smeaton.; David B. Steinman.; Charles Steinmetz.; Thomas Telford.; Stephen P. Timoshenko. J. A. L. Waddell.father-and-son engineers.; The Lighthouse Stevensons.; fight songs for engineers.; financial engineering.; FIRST.; founder societies.; French tradition in engineering.; G; gentlemen and engineers.; G.I. Bill.; glass half full.; Grand Challenges.; Greatest Britons.; Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th Century.; "a great profession."; H; hairy-eared engineer.; half-life of technical skills.; hard hat.; heroic engineers.; highway numbering system.; historic engineering landmarks.; history and engineering.; history of technology.; honor societies. hubris in engineering.I; image of engineers.; imagineering.; industrial design.; industry.; infrastructure.; insight in engineering.; intuition in engineering.; inventions without necessity.; invention vs. innovation.; inventors.; Iron Bridge.; iron ring.; J; jokes about engineers.; joylessness of engineering.; K; keys of honor societies.; L; land-grant institutions.; land surveying.; LAND SURVEYING; letters after an engineer's name.; C.E.; C.Eng.; D.E.E.; D.Sc.; E.I.T.; F.Eng.; M.E.; M.I.C.E.; N.A.E.; P.E.; P.Eng.; S.E.; letters and numerals.; liberal education.; libraries. licensing of engineers. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781864003321 |
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Petroski Henry
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| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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An engineer's alphabet : gleanings from the softer side of a profession / / Henry Petroski
| An engineer's alphabet : gleanings from the softer side of a profession / / Henry Petroski |
| Autore | Petroski Henry |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (viii, 360 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 601 |
| Soggetto topico |
Engineering - Philosophy
Technology - Philosophy |
| ISBN |
1-107-23007-1
1-139-18006-1 1-283-38420-5 1-139-18984-0 9786613384201 1-139-18853-4 1-139-18391-5 1-139-19113-6 1-139-18623-X 1-139-05751-0 |
| Classificazione | TEC009000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; AN ENGINEER'S ALPHABET; Other Books by the Author; Title; Copyright; To Stephen and Laura; Preface; A; abbreviations.; acronyms.; "alphabet of the engineer."; ancient engineering.; applied science.; architects vs. engineers.; arm waving.; artist-engineers.; asphalt cookies.; B; back of the envelope.; backups and redundancy.; badges of engineering societies.; bents and bridges.; biographies of engineers.; books by and about engineers.; David Billington.; Eugene Ferguson.; James Kip Finch.; Samuel Florman.; Richard Meehan.; Walter Vincenti.; Richard G.Weingardt.; Engineers' Dreams.
The Great Bridge.The Soul of a New Machine.; bridge-building contests.; bug.; C; calculators.; Centennial of Engineering.; cheers of engineers.; cities and other places named for engineers.; civil engineering.; codes and standards.; codes of ethics.; computer.; concrete.; concrete canoes.; Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat.; craft tradition.; cut-and-try.; D; definitions of engineering.; Dilbert.; disasters and near-disasters.; Bhopal.; Challenger.; Citicorp Tower.; Columbia.; Deepwater Horizon.; Fukushima.; Hyatt Regency.; Texas A&M Bonfire.; Three Mile Island.; World Trade Center. drafting tables.duty of an engineer.; E; economics and engineering.; education of engineers.; egg-drop competition.; "electronic engineer."; "Elegy to an Engineer's Sweetheart."; engineer.; engineer.; Engineering News-Record.; engineering science.; "engineers."; "Engineer's Creed."; Engineers Week.; "enginerd."; Erector set.; Erie Canal.; ethics.; expert witness.; Daubert.; Kumho.; F; factor of safety.; failure.; "Faith of the Engineer."; famous engineers.; Theodore von Kármán.; Charles Kettering.; John Smeaton.; David B. Steinman.; Charles Steinmetz.; Thomas Telford.; Stephen P. Timoshenko. J. A. L. Waddell.father-and-son engineers.; The Lighthouse Stevensons.; fight songs for engineers.; financial engineering.; FIRST.; founder societies.; French tradition in engineering.; G; gentlemen and engineers.; G.I. Bill.; glass half full.; Grand Challenges.; Greatest Britons.; Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th Century.; "a great profession."; H; hairy-eared engineer.; half-life of technical skills.; hard hat.; heroic engineers.; highway numbering system.; historic engineering landmarks.; history and engineering.; history of technology.; honor societies. hubris in engineering.I; image of engineers.; imagineering.; industrial design.; industry.; infrastructure.; insight in engineering.; intuition in engineering.; inventions without necessity.; invention vs. innovation.; inventors.; Iron Bridge.; iron ring.; J; jokes about engineers.; joylessness of engineering.; K; keys of honor societies.; L; land-grant institutions.; land surveying.; LAND SURVEYING; letters after an engineer's name.; C.E.; C.Eng.; D.E.E.; D.Sc.; E.I.T.; F.Eng.; M.E.; M.I.C.E.; N.A.E.; P.E.; P.Eng.; S.E.; letters and numerals.; liberal education.; libraries. licensing of engineers. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910964817603321 |
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Petroski Henry
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| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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To forgive design [[electronic resource] ] : understanding failure / / Henry Petroski
| To forgive design [[electronic resource] ] : understanding failure / / Henry Petroski |
| Autore | Petroski Henry |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (427 p.) |
| Disciplina | 620/.00452 |
| Soggetto topico |
System failures (Engineering)
Structural engineering |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-674-06543-3
0-674-06889-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ONE. By Way of Concrete Examples -- TWO. Things Happen -- THREE. Designed to Fail -- FOUR. Mechanics of Failure -- FIVE. A Repeating Problem -- SIX. The Old and the New -- SEVEN. Searching for a Cause -- EIGHT. The Obligation of an Engineer -- NINE. Before, during, and after the Fall -- TEN. Legal Matters -- ELEVEN. Back-Seat Designers -- TWELVE. Houston, You Have a Problem -- THIRTEEN. Without a Leg to Stand On -- FOURTEEN. History and Failure -- Notes -- Illustrations -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465491203321 |
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Petroski Henry
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| Cambridge, Mass., : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, c2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
To forgive design [[electronic resource] ] : understanding failure / / Henry Petroski
| To forgive design [[electronic resource] ] : understanding failure / / Henry Petroski |
| Autore | Petroski Henry |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (427 p.) |
| Disciplina | 620/.00452 |
| Soggetto topico |
System failures (Engineering)
Structural engineering |
| ISBN |
0-674-06543-3
0-674-06889-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ONE. By Way of Concrete Examples -- TWO. Things Happen -- THREE. Designed to Fail -- FOUR. Mechanics of Failure -- FIVE. A Repeating Problem -- SIX. The Old and the New -- SEVEN. Searching for a Cause -- EIGHT. The Obligation of an Engineer -- NINE. Before, during, and after the Fall -- TEN. Legal Matters -- ELEVEN. Back-Seat Designers -- TWELVE. Houston, You Have a Problem -- THIRTEEN. Without a Leg to Stand On -- FOURTEEN. History and Failure -- Notes -- Illustrations -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791936703321 |
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Petroski Henry
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| Cambridge, Mass., : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, c2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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To forgive design : understanding failure / / Henry Petroski
| To forgive design : understanding failure / / Henry Petroski |
| Autore | Petroski Henry |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (427 p.) |
| Disciplina | 620/.00452 |
| Soggetto topico |
System failures (Engineering)
Structural engineering |
| ISBN |
9780674065437
0674065433 9780674068896 0674068890 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ONE. By Way of Concrete Examples -- TWO. Things Happen -- THREE. Designed to Fail -- FOUR. Mechanics of Failure -- FIVE. A Repeating Problem -- SIX. The Old and the New -- SEVEN. Searching for a Cause -- EIGHT. The Obligation of an Engineer -- NINE. Before, during, and after the Fall -- TEN. Legal Matters -- ELEVEN. Back-Seat Designers -- TWELVE. Houston, You Have a Problem -- THIRTEEN. Without a Leg to Stand On -- FOURTEEN. History and Failure -- Notes -- Illustrations -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910956292503321 |
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Petroski Henry
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| Cambridge, Mass., : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, c2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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