To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design This book argues that behind every great engineering success is a trail of often ignored - but frequently spectacular - engineering failures. The Author, Henry Petroski covers many of the best known examples of well-intentioned but ultimately failed design in action -- the galloping Tacoma Narrows Bridge, which you've probably seen tossing cars in the famous black-and-white footage, the collapse of the Kansas City Hyatt Regency Hotel walkways, and many lesser known but equally informative examples.