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Henry Petroski is the Aleksandar S. Vesic Professor of Civil Engineering and a professor of history at Duke University. The author of a dozen previous books, he lives in Durham, North Carolina.

Oct 25, 2022

Cover of Force

Feb 16, 2016

Cover of The Road Taken

May 5, 2014

Cover of The House with Sixteen Handmade Doors

The House with Sixteen Handmade Doors

Mar 30, 2012

Cover of To Forgive Design

To Forgive Design

Oct 10, 2011

Cover of An Engineer's Alphabet

An Engineer's Alphabet

Aug 1, 2011

Cover of El Exito A Traves del Fracaso

El Exito A Traves del Fracaso (Coleccion Popular (Fondo de Cultura Economica), #704)

Feb 23, 2010

Cover of The Essential Engineer

The Essential Engineer

Jan 15, 2008

Cover of The Toothpick

Mar 19, 2006

Cover of Success through Failure

Success through Failure (Princeton Science Library, #92)

Dec 15, 2004

Cover of Pushing the Limits

Pushing the Limits

Sep 16, 2003

Cover of Small Things Considered

Small Things Considered

Jun 1, 2003

Cover of Mundolibro

Mar 26, 2002

Cover of Paperboy

Sep 12, 2000

Cover of The Book on the Bookshelf

The Book on the Bookshelf

Dec 29, 1998

Cover of Remaking the World

Remaking the World (Smithsonian Series in Ethnographic Inquiry)

Jan 31, 1998

Cover of Remaking the World: Adventures in Engineering

Remaking the World: Adventures in Engineering

Oct 29, 1996

Cover of Engineers of Dreams

Engineers of Dreams

Jan 1, 1996

Cover of Invention by Design

Invention by Design

Feb 27, 1995

Cover of Der Bleistift

May 27, 1994

Cover of Design Paradigms

Design Paradigms

May 10, 1994

Cover of Messer, Gabel, Reissverschluss

Messer, Gabel, Reissverschluss

Feb 1, 1994

Cover of The Evolution of Useful Things

The Evolution of Useful Things

Jan 14, 1990

Cover of The Pencil

Jan 1, 1986

Cover of Beyond Engineering

Beyond Engineering