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title: "Success through Failure: The Paradox of Design Paperback – February 24, 2008"
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# Success through Failure: The Paradox of Design Paperback – February 24, 2008

**Brand:** henry petroski
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- **What is this?** Success through Failure: The Paradox of Design Paperback – February 24, 2008 by henry petroski
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## Customer Reviews

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    It's a book 1
  

*by R***R on Reviewed in the United States on September 8, 2021*

Te only way to rate a book is to produce a review.  Further, this is a book on "engineering".  I don't consider myself enough of an engineer to do that.  A statement on the experience of buying this item from Amazon is an entirely different matter.  As always a product was chosen, purchased and delivered by Amazon.  That has always been a pleasant thing.  They continue to do it right.

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    A must read for every young engineer
  

*by M***N on Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2014*

Most engineers, at least at the master's level, now are exposed to Petroski's books, but if you know any young engineers who have not read them they make a marvelous graduation gift. They relate notable failures in engineering to the history and culture of their time and to the improvements that resulted from them. Some, like the Tacoma Narrows bridge, have made it to television, but the superficial and sensational treatments they receive in television programming don't compare to Petroski's thoughtful and thorough analyses.

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    Important P.O.V.
  

*by C***W on Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2012*

Petroski's expertise is clearly in engineering. Right upfront I will say that I have no engineering aspirations.  Yet, I found this book to be engaging and globally relevant.  That is because Petroski presents a different way of thinking.  Our way of learning and seeking often looks at Success.  What he points out is that "success is not simply the absence of failure; it also masks potential modes of failure."  If you are planning, seeking, designing -- especially where the stakes are high -- the best advisor is Failure.Using examples from engineering he demonstrates this. Most of the exemplar stories are interesting, though some get bogged down.  I can't say that the book is a cogent masterpiece.  His first chapter, a summary of a presentation he made, does not seem to fit the premise.  Nonetheless, the book and it's perspective-shifting thesis is, in my opinion, extremely important.

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