Comments on: To Engineer is Human (Book Review) http://www.digmann.com/2007/04/24/to-engineer-is-human-book-review.html a little about life, and the news and events which make it memorable Mon, 05 Jul 2010 16:30:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Ray http://www.digmann.com/2007/04/24/to-engineer-is-human-book-review.html/comment-page-1#comment-734 Ray Sat, 05 May 2007 03:56:13 +0000 http://www.digmann.com/2007/04/24/to-engineer-is-human-book-review.html#comment-734 @IE6 don't conform, make HIM change! I really like the idea of book reviews with summaries, it's like I'm reading without having to read. @IE6 don’t conform, make HIM change!

I really like the idea of book reviews with summaries, it’s like I’m reading without having to read.

]]> By: James http://www.digmann.com/2007/04/24/to-engineer-is-human-book-review.html/comment-page-1#comment-617 James Fri, 27 Apr 2007 22:55:45 +0000 http://www.digmann.com/2007/04/24/to-engineer-is-human-book-review.html#comment-617 My uncle gave me a copy of this book back in high school. It's a very good look at the engineering process and how failures can result from ignoring proper methodologies or even despite them. He references several well known examples and ties them into the themes. It's mostly mechanical/civil oriented, but I think the other branches can appreciate it too. Incidentally, a prof showed a PBS adaptation of the book in one of my classes. While Petroski is a good author, he's a terrible narrator. It was impossible to stay awake. By the way, your comment form appears to have issues in IE 6. It keeps changing widths as I type, and the text disappears off the right edge for several characters before wrapping. My uncle gave me a copy of this book back in high school. It’s a very good look at the engineering process and how failures can result from ignoring proper methodologies or even despite them. He references several well known examples and ties them into the themes. It’s mostly mechanical/civil oriented, but I think the other branches can appreciate it too.

Incidentally, a prof showed a PBS adaptation of the book in one of my classes. While Petroski is a good author, he’s a terrible narrator. It was impossible to stay awake.

By the way, your comment form appears to have issues in IE 6. It keeps changing widths as I type, and the text disappears off the right edge for several characters before wrapping.

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