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To Forgive Design

- Understanding Failure
Af: Henry Petroski Engelsk Paperback

To Forgive Design

- Understanding Failure
Af: Henry Petroski Engelsk Paperback
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When planes crash, bridges collapse, and automobile gas tanks explode, we are quick to blame poor design. But Henry Petroski says we must look beyond design for causes and corrections. Known for his masterly explanations of engineering successes and failures, Petroski here takes his analysis a step further, to consider the larger context in which accidents occur. In To Forgive Design he surveys some of the most infamous failures of our time, from the 2007 Minneapolis bridge collapse and the toppling of a massive Shanghai apartment building in 2009 to Boston's prolonged Big Dig and the 2010 Gulf oil spill. These avoidable disasters reveal the interdependency of people and machines within systems whose complex behavior was undreamt of by their designers, until it was too late. Petroski shows that even the simplest technology is embedded in cultural and socioeconomic constraints, complications, and contradictions. Failure to imagine the possibility of failure is the most profound mistake engineers can make. Software developers realized this early on and looked outside their young field, to structural engineering, as they sought a historical perspective to help them identify their own potential mistakes. By explaining the interconnectedness of technology and culture and the dangers that can emerge from complexity, Petroski demonstrates that we would all do well to follow their lead.
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When planes crash, bridges collapse, and automobile gas tanks explode, we are quick to blame poor design. But Henry Petroski says we must look beyond design for causes and corrections. Known for his masterly explanations of engineering successes and failures, Petroski here takes his analysis a step further, to consider the larger context in which accidents occur. In To Forgive Design he surveys some of the most infamous failures of our time, from the 2007 Minneapolis bridge collapse and the toppling of a massive Shanghai apartment building in 2009 to Boston's prolonged Big Dig and the 2010 Gulf oil spill. These avoidable disasters reveal the interdependency of people and machines within systems whose complex behavior was undreamt of by their designers, until it was too late. Petroski shows that even the simplest technology is embedded in cultural and socioeconomic constraints, complications, and contradictions. Failure to imagine the possibility of failure is the most profound mistake engineers can make. Software developers realized this early on and looked outside their young field, to structural engineering, as they sought a historical perspective to help them identify their own potential mistakes. By explaining the interconnectedness of technology and culture and the dangers that can emerge from complexity, Petroski demonstrates that we would all do well to follow their lead.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 432
ISBN-13: 9780674416826
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0674416821
Kategori: Naturvidenskabens historie
Udg. Dato: 24 nov 2014
Længde: 29mm
Bredde: 209mm
Højde: 143mm
Forlag: Harvard University Press
Oplagsdato: 24 nov 2014
Forfatter(e): Henry Petroski
Forfatter(e) Henry Petroski

Kategori Naturvidenskabens historie

ISBN-13 9780674416826

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 432

Udgave

Længde 29mm

Bredde 209mm

Højde 143mm

Udg. Dato 24 nov 2014

Oplagsdato 24 nov 2014

Forlag Harvard University Press

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