Henry Petroski (Nova Iorque, 6 de fevereiro de 1942 – 14 de junho de 2023) foi um engenheiro estadunidense especializado em análise de falha. Foi professor de engenharia civil e história na Universidade Duke.
Obras publicadas Livros thumb|right|Henry Petroski talks about The Essential Engineer on Bookbits radio. To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design (1985), ISBN 978-0-679-73416-1 Beyond Engineering: Essays and Other Attempts to Figure without Equations (1986), ISBN 978-0-312-07785-3 The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance (1990), ISBN 978-0-679-73415-4 The Evolution of Useful Things (1992), ISBN 978-0-679-74039-1 Design Paradigms: Case Histories of Error and Judgment in Engineering (1994), ISBN 978-0-521-46649-3 Engineers of Dreams: Great Bridge Builders and The Spanning of America (1995), ISBN 978-0-679-76021-4 Invention by Design: How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing (1996), ISBN 978-0-674-46368-4 Remaking the World: Adventures in Engineering (1997), ISBN 978-0-375-70024-8 The Book on the Bookshelf (1999), ISBN 978-0-375-70639-4 Paperboy: Confessions of a Future engineer (2002), ISBN 978-0-375-71898-4 Small Things Considered: Why There Is No Perfect Design (2003), ISBN 978-1-4000-3293-8 Pushing the Limits: New Adventures in Engineering (2004), ISBN 978-1-4000-3294-5 Success Through Failure: The Paradox of Design. (2006), ISBN 978-0-691-13642-4 The Toothpick: Technology and Culture. (2007), ISBN 978-0-307-27943-9 The Essential Engineer: Why Science Alone Will Not Solve Our Global Problems. (2010), ISBN 978-0-307-27245-4 The Engineer's Alphabet: Gleanings from the Softer Side of a Profession. (2011), ISBN 978-1-107-01506-7 To Forgive Design: Understanding Failure. (2012), ISBN 978-0-674-06584-0 The House with Sixteen Handmade Doors: A Tale of Architectural Choice and Craftsmanship. (2014), ISBN 978-0-393-24204-1
Prêmios e honrarias Prêmio Washington 2006 Prêmio John P. McGovern pela Ciência 2014.
Ligações externas Civil Engineering Faculty Website at Duke University Prism Magazine Article Success Through Failure book Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board Biography Learning from bridge failure: Collapses such as the I-35W in Minneapolis give engineers the best clues about what not to do. Let's hope the lessons are remembered. by Henry Petroski. LA Times, op-ed, August 4, 2007.
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