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Invention by Design: How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing
Henry Petroski
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Invention by Design: How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing
Henry Petroski
This book offers an insider’s look at the 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.
256 pages, 30 halftones, 60 line illustrations
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | September 1, 1998 |
| ISBN13 | 9780674463684 |
| Publishers | Harvard University Press |
| Pages | 256 |
| Dimensions | 158 × 235 × 17 mm · 418 g |
| Language | English |
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