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An eminent engineer and historian tackles one of the most elemental aspects of life how we experience and utilize physical force
Force explores how humans interact with the material world in the course of their everyday activities This book for general audiences also considers the significance of force in shaping societies and cultures
Celebrated author Henry Petroski delves into the ongoing physical interaction between people and things that enables them to stay put or causes them to move He explores the range of daily human experience whereby we feel the sensations of push and pull resistance and assistance The book is also about metaphorical force which manifests itself as pressure and relief achievement and defeat
Petroski draws from a variety of disciplines to make the case that forcerepresented especially by our sense of touchis a unifying principle that pervades our lives In the wake of a prolonged global pandemic that increasingly cautioned us about contact with the physical world Petroski offers a new perspective on the importance of the sensation and power of touch
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