Failure is Central to engineering. Every single calculation that an engineer makes is a failure calculation.
Henry PetroskiAll conventional wisdom has an element of truth to it, but good design requires more than an element of truth - it requires an ensemble of correct assumptions and valid calculations.
Henry PetroskiThe bookshelf, like the book, has become an integral part of civilization as we know it, its presence in a home practically defining what it means to be civilized, educated, and refined.
Henry Petroski