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

To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design Henry Petroski ebook
Page: 269
Format: djvu
ISBN: 0679734163, 9780679734161
Publisher: Vintage

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