It Looked Good on Paper: Bizarre Inventions, Design Disasters, and Engineering Follies - Softcover

Fawcett, Bill

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0061358436 ISBN 13: 9780061358432

Verlag: William Morrow Paperbacks, 2022

Inhaltsangabe

Book by Fawcett Bill

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Reseña del editor:

Gathered in this book is a collection of flawed plans, half baked ideas, and downright ridiculous machines that, with the best and most optimistic intentions, men have constructed throughout history. Included are such military, scientific, commercial, and infrastructure disasters as: The Lead water pipes of Rome; Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse; Edison's electrical folly; Betamax; Concorde crash; Hubble - A $2 billion telescope that didn't work; the Mars probe failures due to simple math mistakes; Cold Fusion; and, Ford Pinto. Some failed spectacularly, others fizzled after great expense, and one crashed on Mars. While this is a book about ideas and things men make that have failed, it is not a technical manual. Rather it is a fun collection that shows how an otherwise brilliant designer, scientist, architect, or doctor can often spend years or millions creating something that a few small bits of common sense would have prevented.

Biografía del autor:

Bill Fawcett is the author and editor of more than a dozen books, including You Did What?, It Seemed Like a Good Idea ... , How to Lose a Battle, and You Said What? He lives in Illinois.

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• Verlag: William Morrow Paperbacks
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2022
• ISBN 10: 0061358436
• ISBN 13: 9780061358432
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 368