عنوان

Inviting disaster :

شابک

006163381X

شابک

0061633828

شابک

9780061633812

شابک

9780061633829

شماره

b733999

عنوان اصلي

Inviting disaster :

نام عام مواد

[Book]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

lessons from the edge of technology : an inside look at catastrophes and why they happen /

نام نخستين پديدآور

James R. Chiles.

وضعيت ويراست

1st pbk. ed.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

New York :

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

HarperCollins e-books,

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

©2002.

نام خاص و کميت اثر

1 online resource.

متن يادداشت

"With a new introduction on the collapse of the World Trade Center towers"--Cover.

متن يادداشت

Title from PDF title page (viewed June 9, 2008).

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-330) and index.

متن يادداشت

Acknowledgments -- Special introduction to the paperback edition -- Introduction : On the machine frontier : new technology and old habits -- Shock wave : high tech on the high seas -- Blind spot : baffled and bewildered inside the massive system -- Rush to judgment : when flagship projects run out of time -- Doubtless : testing is such a bother -- Really bad day : panic and triumph on the machine frontier -- Tunnel vision : go away, I'm busy -- Red line running : humans have a limit, too -- Crack in the system : failure starts slow, but it grows -- Healthy fear : alive and alert at danger's edge -- That human touch : how little errors make big accidents -- Robbing the pillar : slacking off with the high-power system -- Machine man : surviving and thriving on the new frontier -- Disasters, calamities, and near misses cited in the book.

بدون عنوان

0

متن يادداشت

Explaining in vivid layman's terms how machines fail and deadly accidents result, this book draws on a wide range of disasters, some famous, some obscure, and combines riveting storytelling with eye-opening findings to show what happens when the reach for new technology exceeds a realistic grasp. Features a new Introduction. Combining captivating storytelling with eye-opening findings, Inviting Disaster delves inside some of history's worst catastrophes in order to show how increasingly "smart" systems leave us wide open to human tragedy. Weaving a dramatic narrative that explains how breakdowns in these systems result in such disasters as the chain reaction crash of the Air France Concorde to the meltdown at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station, Chiles vividly demonstrates how the battle between man and machine may be escalating beyond manageable limits, and why we all have a stake in its outcome. Included in this edition is a special introduction providing a behind-the-scenes look at the World Trade Center catastrophe. Combining firsthand accounts of employees' escapes with an in-depth look at the structural reasons behind the towers' collapse, Chiles addresses the question, Were the towers "two tall heroes" or structures with a fatal flaw?

منبع سفارش / آدرس اشتراک

OverDrive, Inc.

عنوان

Inviting disaster.

شماره استاندارد بين المللي کتاب و موسيقي

9780066620824

موضوع مستند نشده

Technology-- Risk assessment.

موضوع مستند نشده

HEALTH & FITNESS-- Safety.

موضوع مستند نشده

Rampen.

موضوع مستند نشده

Risicoanalyse.

موضوع مستند نشده

Technologie.

موضوع مستند نشده

Technology-- Risk assessment.

موضوع مستند نشده

HEA-- 021000

شماره

ويراست

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Chiles, James R.

تاريخ عمليات

20201216055227.0

قواعد فهرست نويسي ( بخش توصيفي )

pn

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y