Pushing the Limits : New Adventures in Engineering (Paperback)

from ABVR

A collection of essays originally written for American Scientist, this book falls into two roughly equal halves: One about bridges, past and present, and the other about other aspects of engineering. For readers who aren't civil engineers, the "Bridges" section works well as an informal introduct...

from Chris177

I try and read everything by Henry Petroski!

from DonSiano

This book is a worthwhile addition to Petroski's accounts of adventures in engineering. His many essays on the possibilities of gutsy achievement in large scale engineering is leavened by cautionary tales of overconfidence and hubris. His stories are especially enlivened by his lacing some of his...

from katekf

As a reader with little knowledge of engineering, this book was a wonderful introduction to the challenges of construction and what engineers accomplish. Each chapter tells a story of engineering challenges and failures, which makes it easy for a reader to get involved. The first half of the book...

from ABVR

A collection of essays originally written for American Scientist, this book falls into two roughly equal halves: One about bridges, past and present, and the other about other aspects of engineering. For readers who aren't civil engineers, the "Bridges" section works well as an informal introduct...