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- Title
- Small Things Considered: Why There Is No Perfect Design
- Author
- Petroski, Henry
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Publication year
- 2003
- Condition
- As New
- Dust jacket
- Dust Jacket Included
- Signed
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- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1400040507
- ISBN 13
- 9781400040506
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- 1st Edition
Even everyday objects that most people never think of as having been designed, says Petroski (civil engineering and history, Duke U.), remain works in progress. He points out that objects change with age and use, people change in their needs and wants, and the environment changes, so no design is more than an approximation for a particular time, place, and purpose. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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About the Author
Henry Petroski is the Aleksandar S. Vesic Professor of Civil Engineering and a professor of history at Duke University.
Henry Petroski,<b> </b>the Aleksandar S. Vesic Professor of Civil Engineering and a professor of history at Duke University, lives in Durham, North Carolina. He is the author of ten previous books.
Henry Petroski,<b> </b>the Aleksandar S. Vesic Professor of Civil Engineering and a professor of history at Duke University, lives in Durham, North Carolina. He is the author of ten previous books.
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