"What is commonly overlooked in using the computer……" — Henry Petroski

"What is commonly overlooked in using the computer is the fact that the central goal of design is still to obviate failure, and thus it is critical to identify exactly how a structure may fail. The computer cannot do this by itself . . ."

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