Henry Petroski

Henry Petroski is the author of nineteen previous nonfiction trade books, including The Pencil and The Evolution of Useful Things, which consider the invention, design, and cultural significance of common objects. He is a distinguished professor emeritus at Duke University.

Ebooks

The Evolution of Useful Things: How Everyday Artifacts-From Forks and Pins to Paper Clips and Zippers-Came to be as They are.

To Engineer is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design

To Forgive Design: Understanding Failure

The House with Sixteen Handmade Doors: A Tale of Architectural Choice and Craftsmanship

The Toothpick: Technology and Culture

The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance

Engineers of Dreams: Great Bridge Builders and the Spanning of America

The Book on the Bookshelf

Paperboy: Confessions of a Future Engineer

Design Paradigms: Case Histories of Error and Judgment in Engineering

Remaking the World: Adventures in Engineering

Success through Failure: The Paradox of Design

Invention by Design: How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing

An Engineer's Alphabet: Gleanings from the Softer Side of a Profession

Small Things Considered: Why There Is No Perfect Design

The Essential Engineer

Pushing the Limits: New Adventures in Engineering

The Road Taken: The History and Future of America's Infrastructure

Force: What It Means to Push and Pull, Slip and Grip, Start and Stop

Messer, Gabel, Reissverschluss: Die Evolution der Gebrauchsgegenstände

El éxito a través del fracaso. La paradoja atrevés del diseño

Der Bleistift: Die Geschichte Eines Gebrauchsgegenstands

포크는 왜 네 갈퀴를 달게 되었나

El éxito a través del fracaso: La paradoja del diseño

Inovação: da ideia ao produto