Pushing the Limits: New Adventures in Engineering
by Petroski, Henry
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good. No dust jacket.
- ISBN 10
- 1400040515
- ISBN 13
- 9781400040513
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004. First edition. First edition stated. Presumed first printing. Hardcover. Very good. No dust jacket.. xii, 288, 2] p. Illustrations. Acknowledgements and Bibliography. List of Illustrations and Credits. Index. The Bard of Engineering--author of the critically acclaimed "The Evolution of Useful Things" and "The Pencil"--turns his strikingly observant eye from small everyday objects to large feats of engineering.
Synopsis
Henry Petroski is the Aleksandar S. Vesic Professor of Civil Engineering and a professor of history at Duke University. The author of eleven previous books, he lives in Durham, North Carolina.
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- Bookseller
- Ground Zero Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 64824
- Title
- Pushing the Limits: New Adventures in Engineering
- Author
- Petroski, Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good. No dust jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition. First edition stated. Presumed first printing
- ISBN 10
- 1400040515
- ISBN 13
- 9781400040513
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2004
- Keywords
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