A review by littlerlara
The Essential Engineer: Why Science Alone Will Not Solve Our Global Problems by Henry Petroski

4.0

"What is engineered may, momentarily, be admired for what it is. But the individual components of engineering achievements are like leaves that have fallen into a stream, where they are carried by swift waters from the fresh springs of the past to the still lakes of the future. There, they precipitate into the silt of technology, perhaps someday to be unearthed by an industrial archaeologist." (199-200)

This is the best quote from this book ever. The book is mostly fact based, but very opinionated in favor of engineers (as the title may imply). Though I think he does exaggerate some of his points, this book is very interesting especially while learning about the development of engineering throughout time.