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Remaking the World: Adventures in Engineering
This collection of informative and pleasurable essays by Henry Petroski elucidates the role of engineers in shaping our environment in countless ways, big and small.
Book Details
- Publisher: Vintage
- Publish Date: Dec 29th, 1998
- Pages: 256
- Language: English
- Edition: Vintage Books - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.06in - 5.32in - 0.52in - 0.53lb
- EAN: 9780375700248
- Categories: • Engineering (General)• History• History
About the Author
Henry Petroski is the Aleksandar S. Vesic Professor of Civil Engineering and Professor of History at Duke University, where he also serves as chairman of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. The author of seven previous books, he has received grants from the National Science Foundation and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Humanities Center.