Quote on Science by Henry Petroski
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"I employ case studies of failure into my courses, emphasizing that they teach us much more than studies of success. It is not that success stories cannot serve as models of good design or as exemplars of creative engineering. They can do that, but they cannot teach us how close to failure they are."
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"Successful design is not the achievement of perfection but the minimization and accommodation of imperfection."
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"I employ case studies of failure into my courses, emphasizing that they teach us much more than studies of success. It is not that success stories cannot serve as models of good design or as exemplars of creative engineering. They can do that, but they cannot teach us how close to failure they are."
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"Successful design is not the achievement of perfection but the minimization and accommodation of imperfection."
"Science is about knowing; engineering is about doing."
