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Every Quotes by Henry Petroski
- I emphasize that virtually every engineering calculation is ultimately a failure calculation, because without a failure criterion against which to measure the calculated result, it…
- Case studies of failure should be made a part of the vocabulary of every engineer so that he or she can recall or recite them…
- Failure is central to engineering. Every single calculation that an engineer makes is a failure calculation. Successful engineering is all about understanding how things break…
- Luxury, not necessity, is the mother of invention. Every artifact is somewhat wanting in its function, and that is what drives its evolution.
- Because every design must satisfy competing objectives, there necessarily has to be compromise among, if not the complete exclusion of, some of those objectives, in…
- Many of the familiar little things that we use every day have typically evolved over a period of time to a state of familiarity. They…
- It seems to be a law of design that for every advantage introduced through redesign, there is an accompanying unintended disadvantage.
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