Force: What It Means to Push and Pull, Slip and Grip, Start and Stop [FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]

Petroski, Henry

Verlag: Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut, 2022

Beschreibung

New condition black boards and silver spine lettering contained in a new condition color illustrated dust jacket. Includes Author Dedication; Preliminary Page Quote; Preface; Prologue: Things We Feel; Epilogue: A Forceful End; Acknowledgments; Bibliography and Index. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs, drawings, and diagrams. "Henry Petroski's poetic prose pairs psychology with physics, producing a joyful joining of fact, fun, and physics. His exploration of the many meanings of force informs while it delights." -- Don Norman, author. "Force! From John Keats to Isaac Newton, from pizza boxes to the Fourth Bridge, this book is a veritable cornucopia that will intrigue and inform the curious reader about a concept often taken for granted." -- Paul Jowitt, Professor of Civil Engineering Systems, Heriot-Watt University. "Henry Petroski is a true polymath with a spuperbly holistic perspective. Force is a unified field theory of almost everything, exploring the interdependecies among everyday forces and their effects. Albert Einstein would have loved it." -- Peter G. Neumann, Chief Scientist, SRI International Computer Science Laboratory. "Henry Petroski clearly and accessibly explains the most important idea in classical physics and engineering; the concept of force. His vivid prose illustrates the many ways in which forces enter and influence our everyday lives." -- Howard A. Stone, Princeton University. "Force is yet another masterful and even more expansive demonstration of Henry Petroski's uncommon capacity for demystifying science and engineering and engaging the public broadly. It is a tour de force!" -- Ron Latanision, Shell Professor of Materials Science and Engineering (Emeritus), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Henry Petroski makes the connection between our experiences in the everyday world to concepts that engineers use to describe that world. He helps us to see the invisble world of forces." -- Bill Baker, Chief Structural Engineer of the Burj Khalifa. "An eminent engineer and historian tackles one of the most elemental aspects of life: How we experience and utilize physical force. FORCE explores how humans interact with the material world in the course of their everyday activities. This book for the general reader also considers the significance of force in shaping societies and cultures. Celebrated author Henry Petroski delves into the ongoing physical interaction between people and things that enables them to stay put or causes them to move. He explores the range of daily human experience whereby we feel the sensations of push and pull, resistance and assistance. The book is also about metaphorical force, which manifests itself as pressure and relief, achievement and defeat. Petroski draws from a variety of disciplines to make the case that force -- represented especially by our sense of touch -- is a unifying principle that pervades our lives. In the wake of a prolonged global pandemic that increasingly cautioned us about contact with the physical world, Petroski offers a new perspective on the importance of the sensation and power of touch." ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Henry Petroski is the author of nineteen previous nonfiction books, including The Pencil and The Evolution of Useful Things. He is a distinguished professor emeritus at Duke University. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 007095

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Force: What It Means to Push and Pull, Slip ...

Verlag: Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut

Erscheinungsdatum: 2022

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: New

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: New

Auflage: 1st Edition