Book of Donmon Teith

“Though ours is an age of high technology, the essence of what engineering is and what engineers do is not common knowledge. Even the most elementary of princ

Examines many of the failed designs and inventions that led to greater improvements siting as examples the 1940 collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge and the sp

Petroski delves deep into the mystery of invention, to explore what everyday artifacts and sophisticated networks can reveal about the way engineers solve probl

From classical temples to twentieth century towers, engineers have learned more about design from failure than from success. The concept of error, according to