It Looked Good on Paper

Bizarre Inventions, Design Disasters, and Engineering Follies

Description

Includes military, scientific, commercial, and infrastructure disasters such 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.
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Writer
Fawcett, Bill
Title
It Looked Good on Paper
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Year
2009
Language
English
Pages
368
Weight
277 gr
EAN
9780061358432
Dimensions
203 x 152 x 13 mm
Binding format
Paperback

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