Henry Petroski

Henry Petroski is an American civil engineer, author and professor at Duke University who has spent decades exploring the intersection of engineering, design and everyday life. His books and audiobooks examine how the objects around us came to be, from pencils to bridges. The Book on the Bookshelf traces the surprising history of how books have been stored and displayed through the centuries. Petroski's accessible writing has earned him recognition as one of the foremost chroniclers of engineering and invention.