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To Engineer is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design
Henry Petroski
251 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | March 31, 1992 |
| ISBN13 | 9780679734161 |
| Publishers | Random House USA Inc |
| Pages | 251 |
| Dimensions | 213 × 147 × 15 mm · 254 g |
| Language | English |
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