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Henry Petroski

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born

January 01, 1942

gender

male

place of birth

Brooklyn, The United States

website

http://www.cee.duke.edu/fds/pratt/cee/faculty/petr...

genre

Nonfiction, Science

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Henry Petroski is a civil engineering professor at Duke University where he specializes in failure analysis.

Petroski was born in Brooklyn, New York, and in 1963, he received his bachelor's degree from Manhattan College. He graduated with his Ph.D. in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1968. Before beginning his work at Duke in 1980, he worked at the University of Texas at Austin from 1968-74 and for the Argonne National Laboratory from 1975-80.

He has received honorary degrees from Clarkson University, Trinity College, Valparaiso University and Manhattan College. He is a registered professional engineer in Texas, a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers,...more

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books by Henry Petroski

avg rating: 3.47 | 680 ratings | 115 reviews | 18 distinct works | 4 fans

	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 avg rating 3.48 — 160 ratings — published 1992 2 editions	my rating:
	To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design by Henry Petroski avg rating 3.47 — 135 ratings — published 1985 3 editions	my rating:
	The Book on the Bookshelf by Henry Petroski avg rating 3.43 — 99 ratings — published 1999 4 editions	my rating:
	The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance by Henry Petroski avg rating 3.59 — 70 ratings — published 1990 3 editions	my rating:
	Small Things Considered: Why There Is No Perfect Design by Henry Petroski avg rating 3.23 — 57 ratings — published 2003 3 editions	my rating:
	The Toothpick: Technology and Culture by Henry Petroski avg rating 3.09 — 23 ratings — published 2007 2 editions	my rating:
	Remaking the World: Adventures in Engineering by Henry Petroski avg rating 3.73 — 15 ratings — published 1997 3 editions	my rating:
	Paperboy: Confessions of a Future Engineer by Henry Petroski avg rating 3.31 — 16 ratings — published 2002 4 editions	my rating:
	Success through Failure: The Paradox of Design by Henry Petroski avg rating 3.12 — 16 ratings — published 2006 2 editions	my rating:
	Engineers of Dreams: Great Bridge Builders and the Spanning of America by Henry Petroski avg rating 4.00 — 11 ratings — published 1995 2 editions	my rating: