Henry Petroski

Biographic Data

ID1152439
NAMEHenry Petroski
GIVEN NAMESHenry
FAMILY NAMEPetroski
SIGNATUREPETROSKI H
AFFILIATIONSDuke University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS20
TOTAL CITATIONS1
WORKS AS AUTHOR20
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1983
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2018
H-INDEX1

  • Success Through Failure

    Henry Petroski, Henry J PetroskiBOOKSuccess Through Failure2018

  • Success Through Failure

    Henry Petroski, Henry J PetroskiBOOKSuccess Through Failure2013

  • Levees and Other Raised Ground

    Henry PetroskiARTICLEAmerican Scientist2006

  • Technology and architecture in an age of terrorism

    Open AccessHenry PetroskiARTICLETechnology in Society2004Cited by: 1

  • The Success of Failure

    Henry PetroskiARTICLETechnology and Culture2001

    It is always more pleasant to talk about success than failure. The boss conducting performance reviews much prefers to tell staff members that they have done a good job than a poor one. It is less confrontational. The teacher-student relationship is not one of boss-employee, of course, but similar dynamics can be in play. Performance reviews naturally take the form of assigning grades. Time was, as every academic knows or suspects, when grades as…

  • Remaking the World

    Robert C Post, Henry PetroskiARTICLEJournal of American History1999

    Journal Article Remaking the World: Adventures in Engineering. By Henry Petroski. (New York: Knopf, 1997. xiv, 239 pp. $24.00, ISBN 0-375-40041-9.) Get access Robert C. Post Robert C. Post University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 85, Issue 4, March 1999, Pages 1566–1567, https://doi.org/10.2307/2568288 Published: 01 March 1999

  • Structural Analysis

    Henry PetroskiARTICLEIsis1999

  • Constructing a Bridge

    Henry PetroskiARTICLEIsis1997

  • The Evolution of Useful Things

    Charles Tilly, Henry PetroskiARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…1996

  • Engineers of Dreams

    John K Brown, Henry PetroskiARTICLEJournal of American History1996

    Journal Article Engineers of Dreams: Great Bridge Builders and the Spanning of America. By Henry Petroski. (New York: Knopf, 1995. xii, 479 pp. $30.00, ISBN 0-679-43939-0.) Get access John K. Brown John K. Brown University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 83, Issue 2, September 1996, Page 641, https://doi.org/10.2307/2945020 Publishe…

  • Design Paradigms

    Eugene S Ferguson, Henry PetroskiARTICLETechnology and Culture1995

    1. Introduction 2. Paconius and the pedestal for Apollo: a paradigm of error in conceptual design 3. Vitruvius's Auger and Galileo's Bones: paradigms of limits to size in design 4. Galileo and the marble column: a paradigm of a design change for the worse 5. Galileo's confirmation of a false hypothesis: A paradigm of logical error in design 6. The design and collapse of the Dee Bridge: a paradigm of success masking error 7. The Britannia Tubular …

  • The Evolution of Useful Things

    Fred E H Schroeder, Henry PetroskiARTICLETechnology and Culture1994

  • The Pencil

    Robert B Gordon, Henry PetroskiARTICLETechnology and Culture1992

    The history of the pencil as technological artifact is reviewed starting from the mid-16th century when graphite deposits were discovered in Cumberland, and the mineral was cut to fit into wood cases. The design of the artifact changed little over the centuries. Economic and social considerations, as well as cultural expectations, are also studied as are circumstances explaining the ubiquity of the pencil

  • H. D. Thoreau, Engineer

    Henry PetroskiARTICLESouth Atlantic Quarterly1991

    Research Article| January 01 1991 H. D. Thoreau, Engineer Henry Petroski Henry Petroski Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google South Atlantic Quarterly (1991) 90 (1): 39–60. https://doi.org/10.1215/00382876-90-1-39 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Henry Petroski; H. D. Thoreau, Engineer. South Atlantic Quarterly 1 January 1991; 90 (1): 39–60. doi: https://doi.org…

  • The Impact of Society on Technology

    Henry PetroskiARTICLEInterdisciplinary Science Reviews1990

    While it is true that technological developments have major impacts upon society, it is also true that society itself shapes the form of technological artifacts. In particular, there are significant social and cultural influences on the design and construction of major engineering structures like long-span bridges and large enclosed spaces, and it is unlikely that whatever is simply technologically achievable at a given time is what will be built…

  • The Beginnings of the Nobel Institution

    Henry PetroskiARTICLESouth Atlantic Quarterly1986

    Book Review| July 01 1986 The Beginnings of the Nobel Institution: The Science Prizes, 1901–1915 by Elisabeth Crawford The Beginnings of the Nobel Institution: The Science Prizes, 1901–1915. By Crawford, Elisabeth. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, and Paris: Editions de la Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, 1984. Pp. ix, 281. Illus. $34.50. Henry Petroski Henry Petroski Duke University Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google…

  • To Engineer Is Human

    Emory L Kemp, Henry PetroskiARTICLETechnology and Culture1986

  • The Architecture of Paradise

    Henry PetroskiARTICLESouth Atlantic Quarterly1985

    Book Review| January 01 1985 The Architecture of Paradise: Survivals of Eden and Jerusalem by William Alexander McClung The Architecture of Paradise: Survivals of Eden and Jerusalem. By McClung, William Alexander. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1983. Pp. xiv, 186. Illus. $22.50. Henry Petroski Henry Petroski Duke University Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google South Atlantic Quarterly (1985) 84 (1): 102–103. https…

  • On 19th-Century Perceptions of Iron Bridge Failures

    Henry PetroskiARTICLETechnology and Culture1983

    The series of communications on iron bridge failures in the October 1981 issue of Technology and Culture (22:846-50) is curious in that it pits several humanists against one another in a debate over numbers. To an engineer, exactly how many railway bridges failed in the 19th century is not so important as the fact that failures did occur. The collapse of a single bridge of a relatively new material or design should have been enough to make contem…

  • How Poetry Breeds Reactors

    Henry PetroskiARTICLESouth Atlantic Quarterly1983

    Research Article| July 01 1983 How Poetry Breeds Reactors Henry Petroski Henry Petroski Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google South Atlantic Quarterly (1983) 82 (3): 282–287. https://doi.org/10.1215/00382876-82-3-282 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Henry Petroski; How Poetry Breeds Reactors. South Atlantic Quarterly 1 July 1983; 82 (3): 282–287. doi: https://do…