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中图分类法:
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TB21 版次： |
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著者:
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Petroski, Henry. |
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To engineer is human : [ the role of failure in successful design /] / , |
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出版发行:
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出版地： New York : 出版社： Vintage Books, 出版日期： 1992. |
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载体形态:
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ix, 251 pages, 8 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm |
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附注:
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Originally published: New York : St. Martin's Press, 1985. |
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内容提要:
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How did a simple design error cause one of the great disasters of the 1980s--the collapse of the walkways at the Kansas City Hyatt Regency Hotel? What made the graceful and innovating Tacoma Narrows Bridge twist apart in a mild wind in 1940? How did an oversize waterlily inspire the magnificent Crystal Palace, the crowning achievement of Victorian architecture and engineering? These are some of the failures and successes that Petroski examines in this book, a work that looks at our deepest notions of progress and perfection, tracing the fine connection between the quantifiable realm of science and the chaotic realities of everyday life.--From publisher description. |
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主题词:
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Engineering design. |
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主题词:
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System failures (Engineering) |