Books by Henry Petroski

Henry Petroski
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	The Evolution of Useful Things: How Everyday Artifacts-From Forks and Pins to Paper Clips and Zippers-Came to be as They are by Henry Petroski 3.46 avg rating — 347 ratings — published 1992 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Book on the Bookshelf by Henry Petroski 3.58 avg rating — 328 ratings — 7 editions	My rating:
	To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design by Henry Petroski 3.52 avg rating — 314 ratings — published 1985 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance by Henry Petroski 3.59 avg rating — 151 ratings — published 1995 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Small Things Considered: Why There Is No Perfect Design by Henry Petroski 3.42 avg rating — 121 ratings — published 2003 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Invention by Design: How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing by Henry Petroski 3.79 avg rating — 52 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	Remaking the World: Adventures in Engineering by Henry Petroski 3.51 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 1997 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Essential Engineer by Henry Petroski 3.04 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 2010 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Engineers of Dreams: Great Bridge Builders and the Spanning of America by Henry Petroski, Edward Kastenmeier (Editor) 4.06 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1995 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Toothpick: Technology and Culture by Henry Petroski 3.05 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Success Through Failure: The Paradox of Design by Henry Petroski 3.16 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Paperboy: Confessions of a Future Engineer by Henry Petroski 3.41 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2002 — 6 editions	My rating:
	An Uncommon History of Common Things by Bethanne Patrick, John Thompson, Henry Petroski (Foreword) 3.50 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Pushing the Limits: New Adventures in Engineering by Henry Petroski 3.35 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2004 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Design Paradigms: Case Histories of Error and Judgment in Engineering by Henry Petroski 3.80 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1994 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Saving America's Treasures by Ian Frazier, Thomas Mallon, Henry Petroski 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2000	My rating:
	An Engineer's Alphabet: Gleanings from the Softer Side of a Profession by Henry Petroski 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	Alexander Calder: The Paris Years, 1926-1933 by Joan Simon, Brigitte Leal, Quentin Bajac (Contributor), Annie Cohen-Solal (Contributor) 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2008	My rating:
	Beyond Engineering: Essays and Other Attempts to Figure Without Equations by Henry Petroski, Tom Dunne (Editor), Karen Petroski (Illustrator) 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1986	My rating:
	To Forgive Design: Understanding Failure by Henry Petroski 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	My rating:
	ゼムクリップから技術の世界が見える-アイデアが形になるまで by Henry Petroski, 忠平美幸 (翻訳) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2003	My rating:
	フォークの歯はなぜ四本になったか実用品の進化論 by Henry Petroski, 忠平美幸 (翻訳) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:

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