THE ESSENTIAL ENGINEER

Reviewed 7/10/2011

The Essential Engineer, by Henry Petroski

THE ESSENTIAL ENGINEER
Why Science Alone Will Not Solve Our Global Problems
Henry Petroski
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, February 2010

Rating:

4.5

High

ISBN-13 978-0-307-27245-4
ISBN 0-307-27245-1 274pp. HC/BWI $26.95

Books by Henry Petroski

  1. To Engineer Is Human:
    The Role of Failure in Successful Design
    July 1985ISBN 9780679734161
  2. Beyond Engineering:
    Essays and Other Attempts to Figure without Equations
    April 1986ISBN 9780312077853
  3. The Pencil:
    A History of Design and Circumstance
    1990ISBN 9780679734154
  4. The Evolution of Useful Things
    Nov. 1992ISBN 9780679740391
  5. Design Paradigms:
    Case Histories of Error and Judgment in Engineering
    Nov. 1994ISBN 9780521466493
  6. Engineers of Dreams:
    Great Bridge Builders and The Spanning of America
    Nov. 1995ISBN 9780679760214
  7. Invention by Design:
    How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing
    Nov. 1996ISBN 9780674463684
  8. Remaking the World:
    Adventures in Engineering
    Nov. 1997ISBN 9780375700248
  9. The Book on the Bookshelf
    Nov. 1999ISBN 9780375706394
  10. Paperboy:
    Confessions of a Future Engineer
    Nov. 2002ISBN 9780375718984
  11. Small Things Considered:
    Why There Is No Perfect Design
    Nov. 2003ISBN 9781400032938
  12. Pushing the Limits:
    New Adventures in Engineering
    Nov. 2004ISBN 9781400032945
  13. Success Through Failure:
    The Paradox of Design
    Nov. 2006ISBN 9780691136424
  14. The Toothpick:
    Technology and Culture
    Nov. 2007ISBN 9780307279439
  15. The Essential Engineer:
    Why Science Alone Will Not Solve Our Global Problems
    Nov. 2010ISBN 9780307272454
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