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THINKING SCIENCE
Policymakers lose sight of engineering's importance. "SCIENCE, SCIENCE, SCIENCE, and science." That is how Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi...
ASEE Prism, 09/01/09 by Petroski, Henry · More from publication -
FAILING TO SUCCEED
Designers should not blindly emulate winners. WHEN THE FIVE living U.S. Presidents - past, present, and soon to be - stood before the press in...
ASEE Prism, 07/01/09 by Petroski, Henry · More from publication -
HONORING INCA ENGINEERING
15th-century Machu Picchu displays a mastery of design. LAST JULY, I traveled in Peru with a delegation from the American Society of Civil...
ASEE Prism, 12/01/08 by Petroski, Henry · More from publication -
DRAWING ON EXPERIENCE
Engineering training has helped many artists even poets. ENGINEERS ARE NOT generally known for their involvement in the fine arts, but there...
ASEE Prism, 11/01/08 by Petroski, Henry · More from publication -
FOUNDING SOCIETIES
By going separate ways, engineers' groups missed a chance to give the profession a single, strong voice. FIVE OF THE FACETS of the hexagonal...
ASEE Prism, 10/01/08 by Petroski, Henry · More from publication -
MOVING THE BOOKS
What impact will the digital age have on thinking? THE DAY AFTER commencement last spring, our engineering branch library closed its doors to...
ASEE Prism, 09/01/08 by Petroski, Henry · More from publication -
Forgetting the Present
Engineering failures offer valuable lessons when set in historical and current context. I HAVE LONG advocated focusing on failure as a means of...
ASEE Prism, 07/01/08 by Petroski, Henry · More from publication -
Wait, We Forgot the Pencil!
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Muse, 05/01/08 by Petroski, Henry; Preston, Elizabeth; Propokiw, Romana · More from publication -
Symbolizing Engineering
Our wide-ranging specialties lack a common core of knowledge. THROUGHOUT THE world, the medical profession is most commonly associated with the...
ASEE Prism, 04/01/08 by Petroski, Henry · More from publication -
Maintaining Infrastructure
A visit to the dentist offers a reminder of good engineering practice. RECENTLY, WHILE VISITING a new dental office to have my teeth cleaned, I...
ASEE Prism, 03/01/08 by Petroski, Henry · More from publication
