Petroski, Henry

With the infrastructure of America crumbling, the author, renowned engineer and historian Henry Petroski, takes a serious look at US roads and bridges. Highlights the necessity of maintaining our roads and bridges and calls citizens to take action to demand the government repair and maintain these infrastructures. Includes charts and photographs.

Profiles twelve engineers who overcame some of the challenges that arose as the push for longer bridges, taller buildings, and grander projects changed the face of the engineering industry.

Presents case studies of inventions by engineers, explaining how they resolve technical difficulties, and how they make their inventions socially acceptable and economically feasible.

Offers insight into the design process used by manufacturers of a variety of everyday products. Reveals the complex series of ideas involved in the production of goods ranging from toothbrushes to tollbooths.

Collection of nineteen essays by Henry Petroski that were first published in "American Scientist" about the role of engineers in shaping the environment.

Collection of nineteen essays by Henry Petroski that were first published in "American Scientist" about the role of engineers in shaping the environment.

Examines how everyday things came to be invented and patented.

Examines how everyday things came to be invented and patented.

Explores the history of the book and how it has been housed and displayed.