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    <body><![CDATA[His later text is much better edited.  I'm not saying that Engineers can't write or edit, I'm just saying that the 65 pages spent on knives, spoons, and forks was--oh, dare I?--bland.<br/><br/>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[His basic thesis is logical -- we develop things through testing and improvement, not through some sudden brainstorm by which we realize the perfect form. The fork, for example, looks as it does because we had earlier, inferior versions of the fork that didn't do the job well. It makes sense and it ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45196531">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Given that the men in my family have been machinists and engineers for at least 200 years, it's no surprise I love this book.<br/><br/>It is *not* an academic work.  The writing style is casual and engaging - certainly not dry or dull - which is key to making it accessible and interesting to a wid...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22157753">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[In this book-length essay, Petroski, a professor of engineering and history at Duke University, states his case that the maxim &quot;form follows function&quot; is inherently false. He opens his argument with the observation that if form, indeed, followed function, there would be no difference in ut...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13470635">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I found this book most interesting in the parts where the author used concrete examples of the evolution of objects to illustrate his points about invention/design. It was interesting to read about and see images of how things like forks, paper clips and zippers changed over time (and that's the kin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42769367">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Petroski asserts that form does not follow function, but instead follows the failure of objects to work the way we think they should. This book is at its best when detailing the evolution of everyday objects and profiling the men and women who designed them, and at its worst when Petroski gets weird...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39767919">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[An engineer to the core, the author does what I do all the time, look at something, and wonder why it is like it is, and how it came to be that way.  I identified with his writing and while others may think it is bland, I devoured this book.  If you've got an analytical mind, and you often wonder ho...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16339932">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is an interesting and entertaining book, as much about sociology and psychology as engineering.  It even explains the use of that little fork above your dinner plate, assuming you eat at fancier establishments than I do.]]></body>
    
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