Henry Petroski (1942—2023) was the Aleksandar S. Vesic Distinguished Professor Emeritus and professor emeritus of civil and environmental engineering at Duke University. He was the author of many books on engineering and design, including the classics To Engineer Is Human and The Pencil. Catherine Petroski is a photographer and the author of fiction and nonfiction books, including A Bride’s Passage. She lives in Durham, North Carolina, and Arrowsic, Maine.
"Petroski's prose... will make satisfying reading for architects and carpenters of the professional, amateur, and armchair varieties." -- Publishers Weekly "A narrative tour-de-force." -- David Esterly - Wall Street Journal "A very close examination of a house's anatomy, garnished with far-ranging asides on how things get made... intriguing." -- Peter Whoriskey - Washington Post
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