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• Title:Design paradigms : case histories of error and judgment in engineering / Henry Petroski.
  
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• Author/Creator:Petroski, Henry.
  
• Published/Created:Cambridge [England] ; New York, N.Y. : Cambridge University Press, 1994.
  

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  • Location:OKANAGAN LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: TA174 .P473 1994
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: TA174 .P473 1994
    
  • Number of Items:2
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Engineering design--Case studies.
  System failures (Engineering)--Case studies.
  
• Description:xii, 209 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-200) and index.
  
• ISBN:0521461081
  0521466490 (pbk.)
  9780521466493 (pbk.)
  
• Contents:1. Introduction
  2. Paconius and the Pedestal for Apollo: A Paradigm of Error in Conceptual Design
  3. Vitruvius's Auger and Galileo's Bones: Paradigms of Limits to Size in Design
  4. Galileo and the Marble Column: A Paradigm of a Design Change for the Worse
  5. Galileo's Confirmation of a False Hypothesis: A Paradigm of Logical Error in Design
  6. Design and Collapse of the Dee Bridge: A Paradigm of Success Masking Error
  7. Britannia Tubular Bridge: A Paradigm of Tunnel Vision in Design
  8. Failure as a Source of Engineering Judgment: John Roebling as a Paradigmatic Designer
  9. Design Climate for the Tacoma Narrows Bridge: A Paradigm of the Selective Use of History
  10. Historic Bridge Failures and Caveats for Future Designs
  11. Conclusion.