Pushing the Limits: New Adventures in Engineering (First Edition)

Henry Petroski

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Language: English

Published by Knopf, New York, 2004

1400040515 / 9781400040513

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004. First edition, stated. First printing. Quarter blue over white paper-covered boards with silver spine lettering. Very Fine in a very fine dust jacket. Publisher's original price of $25.00 on front jacket flap. Comes with archival-quality mylar dust jacket protector. A pristine unread copy, purchased new and never opened. 288 pages, including index. An exploration of the ingenuity and creative risk-taking that drive modern engineering projects around the world. Petroski (1942-2023) was a professor of civil engineering at Duke University and the author of the following books: To Engineer Is Human (1985), The Pencil (1990), The Evolution of Useful Things (1992), Engineers of Dreams (1995), Remaking the World (1997), The Book on the Bookshelf (1999), and Small Things Considered (2003); Pushing the Limits was his eighth major book. CLS.

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Title
Pushing the Limits: New Adventures in Engineering (First Edition)
Author
Henry Petroski
Publisher
Knopf, New York
Publication year
2004
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New
Dust jacket
New
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
ISBN 10
1400040515
ISBN 13
9781400040513
Edition
1st Edition
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