name: Henry Petroski
birth_date: 1942-02-06 00:00:00
death_date: 2023-06-14 00:00:00
genres: Science, Nonfiction
avg_rating: 3.62
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about: Henry Petroski was an American engineer specializing in failure analysis. A professor both of civil engineering and history at Duke University, he was also a prolific author.