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Pushing the Limits: New Adventures in Engineering

Pushing the Limits: New Adventures in Engineering

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Pushing the Limits: New Adventures in Engineering

by Petroski, Henry

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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.

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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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Title
Pushing the Limits: New Adventures in Engineering
Author
Petroski, Henry
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very good. No dust jacket.
Quantity Available
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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
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