10 books every engineering student should read 1. First, Structures – or Why Things Don’t Fall Down structures by J.E. Gordon 2. The Design of Everyday Things by Don Norman 3. Sustainable Materials – With Both Eyes Open by Julian Allwood and Jonathan Cullen 4. The Gecko’s Foot: How Scientists are Taking a Leaf from Nature’s Book by Peter Forbes 5. Engineer to Win by Caroll Smith 6. An Astronaut’s Guide to Life by Chris Hadfield 7. Success Through Failure: The Paradox of Design by Henry Petroski

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