Henry Petroski
Henry Petroski (1942-2023) wrote twenty nonfiction books detailing the industrial design history of common, everyday objects, such as pencils, paper clips, toothpicks, and books and bookshelves. His first book was made into the film When Engineering Fails . He was a professor emeritus at Duke University and a frequent lecturer and a columnist for the magazines American Scientist and Prism .
Henry Petroski (1942-2023) wrote twenty nonfiction books detailing the industrial design history of common, everyday objects, such as pencils, paper clips, toothpicks, and books and bookshelves. His first book was made into the film When Engineering Fails . He was a professor emeritus at Duke University and a frequent lecturer and a columnist for the magazines American Scientist and Prism . See less