Henry Petroski

35 books

The Book on the Bookshelf by Henry Petroski

The Book on the Bookshelf

Henry Petroski

306 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
An Engineer's Alphabet: Gleanings from the Softer Side of a Profession by Henry Petroski

An Engineer's Alphabet: Gleanings from the Softer Side of a Profession

Henry Petroski

360 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction art philosophy technology informative reflective medium-paced
Engineers of Dreams: Great Bridge Builders and the Spanning of America by Henry Petroski, Edward Kastenmeier

Engineers of Dreams: Great Bridge Builders and the Spanning of America

Henry Petroski, Edward Kastenmeier

496 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

nonfiction history science informative inspiring slow-paced
The Essential Engineer: Why Science Alone Will Not Solve Our Global Problems by Henry Petroski

The Essential Engineer: Why Science Alone Will Not Solve Our Global Problems

Henry Petroski

274 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction science technology challenging informative slow-paced
The Evolution of Useful Things: How Everyday Artifacts-From Forks and Pins to Paper Clips and Zippers-Came to be as They are. by Henry Petroski

The Evolution of Useful Things: How Everyday Artifacts-From Forks and Pins to Paper Clips and Zippers-Came to be as They are.

Henry Petroski

288 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

nonfiction design history science challenging informative slow-paced
Force: What It Means to Push and Pull, Slip and Grip, Start and Stop by Henry Petroski

Force: What It Means to Push and Pull, Slip and Grip, Start and Stop

Henry Petroski

328 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction science technology informative lighthearted medium-paced
Invention by Design: How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing by Henry Petroski

Invention by Design: How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing

Henry Petroski

256 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

nonfiction design science informative medium-paced
The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance by Henry Petroski

The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance

Henry Petroski

434 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

nonfiction history science informative slow-paced
Pushing the Limits: New Adventures in Engineering by Henry Petroski

Pushing the Limits: New Adventures in Engineering

Henry Petroski

306 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction design science informative reflective medium-paced
Remaking the World: Adventures in Engineering by Henry Petroski

Remaking the World: Adventures in Engineering

Henry Petroski

256 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction history science informative inspiring slow-paced