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How do things work? It all comes down to forces

21 Jun 2023 Karel Green

Karel Green reviews Force: What It Means to Push and Pull, Slip and Grip, Start and Stop by Henry Petroski

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Teachable moment A noisy roof repair becomes a reason to talk about gravity for engineer and author Henry Petroski. (Courtesy: iStock/sturti)
The author of the book, Henry Petroski, died shortly after this review was written. From its title,

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Karel Green is a contributing columnist for Physics World and an astrophysics PhD student at the University of Nottingham, UK
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