To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design

very detailed, if you are into this type of thing you will enjoy it, it is form 1991 so plenty has happened, but the concept is still valid.

I'm sorry I did not complete reading the whole book, probably because I'm not an engineer and there are lot more books waiting for me. I would expect the writer to disclose cases about changing failure cases into positive learning lessons. His description of those cases seem repeatedly warning the readers that there's no single long lasting building nor infrastructure. My gosh! He...more

I'm sorry I did not complete reading the whole book, probably because I'm not an engineer and there are lot more books waiting for me. I would expect the writer to disclose cases about changing failure cases into positive learning lessons. His description of those cases seem repeatedly warning the readers that there's no single long lasting building nor infrastructure. My gosh! He reminded me that I'm actually living in a dangerous world surrounding with fragile buildings, roads, and many more. If you are an engineer, do pay attention to your work.   hide

Fun and readable even for the non-mathematically inclined