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Engineering entails more than knowing how things work. What do economics and ecology, aesthetics and ethics, have to do with the shape of a paper clip, the tab of a beverage can, the cabin design of a turbojet, or the course of a river? How do the
idiosyncrasies of individual engineers, companies and communities leave their mark on projects such as Velcro, fax machines, and waterworks? Invention by Design offers an insider’s look at these political and cultural dimensions of design, development, and production, and reaffirms Petroski as the master explicator of the principles and processes that turn thoughts into the many things that define our material world.
*Contents Introduction; Paper clips and design; Zippers and development; Aluminum cans and failure; Facsimile and networks; Airplanes and computers; Water and society;
Bridges and politics; Buildings and systems; References and further reading; Illustration credits; Index. 256pp (2000) 240 × 160mm ISBN-9788173712906
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Pages : 256
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