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American Scientist engineering columns 1. "On the Backs of Envelopes," January-February 1991, pp. 15-17. 2. "Good Drawings and Bad Dreams," March-April 1991, pp. 104-107. 3. "In Context," May-June 1991, pp. 202-204. 4. "Images of an Engineer," July-August 1991, pp. 300-303. 5. "Still Twisting," September-October 1991, pp. 398-401. 6. "Driven by Economics," November-December 1991, pp. 491-495. 7. "Isambard Kingdom Brunel," January-February 1992, pp. 15-19. 8. "Making Sure," March-April 1992, pp. 121-124. 9. "The Britannia Tubular Bridge," May-June 1992, pp. 220-224. 10. "The Anonymous Profession," July-August 1992, pp. 318-321. 11. "The Evolution of Artifacts," September-October 1992, pp. 416-420. 12. "History and Failure," November-December 1992, pp. 523-526. 13. "The Panama Canal," January-February 1993, pp. 13-18. 14. "Predicting Disaster," March-April 1993, pp. 110-113. 15. "The Ferris Wheel," May-June 1993, pp. 216-221. 16. "On Dating Inventions," July-August 1993, pp. 314-318. 17. "Engineers as Writers," September-October 1993, pp. 419-423. 18. "Hoover Dam," November-December 1993, pp. 517-521. 19. "Failed Promises," January-February 1994, pp. 6-9. 20. "The Draper Prize," March-April 1994, pp. 114-117. 21. "Men and Women of Progress," May-June 1994, pp. 216-219. 22. "Broken Bridges," July-August 1994, pp. 318-321. 23. "The Channel Tunnel," September-October 1994, pp. 408-411. 24. "The Public Profession," November-December 1994, pp. 518-521. 25. "Soft Graphics," January-February 1995, pp. 17-20. 26. "Tower Bridge," March-April 1995, pp. 121-124. 27. "The Iron Ring," May-June 1995, pp. 229-232. 28. "Learning from Paper Clips," July-August 1995, pp. 313-316. 29. "Le Pont de Normandie," September-October 1995, pp. 415-419. 30. "The Boeing 777," November-December 1995, pp. 519-522. 31. "Harnessing Steam," January-February 1996, pp. 15-19. 32. "Henry Martyn Robert," March-April 1996, pp. 106-109. 33. "Bridges of America," May-June 1996, pp. 215-219. 34. "The Petronas Twin Towers," July-August 1996, pp. 322-326. 35. "Soil Mechanics," September-October 1996, pp. 428-432. 36. "Fax and Context," November-December 1996, pp. 527-531. 37. "The Fixed Link," January-February 1997, pp. 10-14. 38. "Santiago Calatrava," March-April 1997, pp. 114-118. 39. "Development and Research," May-June 1997, pp. 210-213. 40. "Engineers' Dreams," July-August 1997, pp. 310-313. 41. "Designed to Fail," September-October 1997, pp. 412-416. 42. "Design Competition," November-December 1997, pp. 511-515. 43. "John Scott Russell," January-February 1998, pp. 18-21. 44. "Technology and Societies," March-April 1998, pp. 113-117. 45. "An Independent Inventor," May-June 1998, pp. 222-225. 46. "Bilbao," July-August 1998, pp. 320-325. 47. "From Connections to Collections," September-October 1998, pp. 416-420. 48. "New and Future Bridges," November-December 1998, pp. 514-518. 49. "Fazlur Khan," January-February 1999, pp. 16-20. 50. "Down Under," March-April 1999, pp. 114-118. 51. "Work and Play," May-June 1999, pp. 208-212. 52. "Drawing Bridges," July-August 1999, pp. 302-306. 53. "Daubert and Kumho," September-October 1999, pp. 402-406. 54. "Buildings and Bookstacks," November-December 1999, pp. _________ Offprints of all columns are available on request. To request copies, contact: Henry Petroski Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Duke University Durham, NC 27708-0287 (919) 660-5203 voice (919) 660-5219 fax petroski@duke.edu Note: The following columns have been reprinted in the book, Remaking the World: Adventures in Engineering (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998): 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 13, 15, 18, 19, 21, 23, 31, 32, 34, 35, 43. |