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  • Rational Accidents

    Reckoning with Catastrophic Technologies

    door John Downer ...
    Serie series Inside Technology
    An unflinching look at the unique challenges posed by complex technologies we cannot afford to let fail—and why the remarkable achievements of civil aviation can help us understand those challenges.Nuclear reactors, deep-sea drilling platforms, deterrence infrastructures—these are all complex and formidable technologies with the potential to fail catastrophically. In Rational Accidents, John ... Meer lezen

    28,93 €

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  • The Challenger Launch Decision

    Risky Technology, Culture, and Deviance at NASA

    door Diane Vaughan ...
    "An in-depth account of the events and personal actions which led to a great tragedy in the history of America's space program." —James D. Smith, former Solid Rocket Booster Chief, NASA, Marshall Space Flight CenterWhen the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded on January 28, 1986, millions of Americans became bound together in a single, historic moment. Many still vividly remember exactly where they ... Meer lezen

    15,89 € of Gratis met Kobo Plus

  • Normal Accidents

    Living with High Risk Technologies

    door Charles Perrow ...
    Normal Accidents analyzes the social side of technological risk. Charles Perrow argues that the conventional engineering approach to ensuring safety--building in more warnings and safeguards--fails because systems complexity makes failures inevitable. He asserts that typical precautions, by adding to complexity, may help create new categories of accidents. (At Chernobyl, tests of a new safety ... Meer lezen

    32,11 €

  • The Field Guide to Understanding 'Human Error'

    door Sidney Dekker ...
    When faced with a ’human error’ problem, you may be tempted to ask 'Why didn’t these people watch out better?' Or, 'How can I get my people more engaged in safety?' You might think you can solve your safety problems by telling your people to be more careful, by reprimanding the miscreants, by issuing a new rule or procedure and demanding compliance. These are all expressions of 'The Bad Apple ... Meer lezen

    42,61 €

  • Managing the Risks of Organizational Accidents

    door James Reason ...
    Major accidents are rare events due to the many barriers, safeguards and defences developed by modern technologies. But they continue to happen with saddening regularity and their human and financial consequences are all too often unacceptably catastrophic. One of the greatest challenges we face is to develop more effective ways of both understanding and limiting their occurrence. This lucid book ... Meer lezen

    43,82 €

  • Drift into Failure

    From Hunting Broken Components to Understanding Complex Systems

    door Sidney Dekker ...
    What does the collapse of sub-prime lending have in common with a broken jackscrew in an airliner’s tailplane? Or the oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico with the burn-up of Space Shuttle Columbia? These were systems that drifted into failure. While pursuing success in a dynamic, complex environment with limited resources and multiple goal conflicts, a succession of small, everyday decisions ... Meer lezen

    64,53 €

  • Ethics, Technology, and Engineering

    An Introduction

    door Ibo van de Poel, Lamber Royakkers ...
    Featuring a wide range of international case studies, Ethics, Technology, and Engineering presents a unique and systematic approach for engineering students to deal with the ethical issues that are increasingly inherent in engineering practice.Utilizes a systematic approach to ethical case analysis -- the ethical cycle -- which features a wide range of real-life international case studies ... Meer lezen

    33,99 €

  • The Coupling of Safety and Security

    Exploring Interrelations in Theory and Practice

    Bewerkt door Corinne Bieder, Kenneth Pettersen Gould ...
    Serie series SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology
    This open access book explores the synergies and tensions between safety and security management from a variety of perspectives and by combining input from numerous disciplines. It defines the concepts of safety and security, and discusses the methodological, organizational and institutional implications that accompany approaching them as separate entities and combining them, respectively.The book ... Meer lezen

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  • Trial, Error, and Success

    door Sima Dimitrijev, Phd, Maryann Karinch ...
    Everything in nature evolves by trial and error. We cannot avoid this fundamental method of natural evolution, but our human advantage is that we can think about and learn from the errors before trying again.Trial, Error, and Success helps boost that advantage with 10 insights into realistic knowledge, thinking, and emotional intelligenceThe authors use real-life examples to show how successful ... Meer lezen

    9,49 € of Gratis met Kobo Plus

  • Ethics, Technology, and Engineering

    An Introduction

    door Ibo van de Poel, Lamber Royakkers ...
    Explore the moral and ethical issues which arise at the intersection of novel technology and engineeringIn Ethics, Technology, and Engineering: An Introduction, a team of distinguished researchers delivers an insightful and thought-provoking exploration of some of the toughest ethical questions found at the crossroads of engineering and technology. The book demonstrates the skills necessary to ... Meer lezen

    34,99 €

  • The Human Factor

    Revolutionizing the Way People Live with Technology

    door Kim J. Vicente ...
    In this incessantly readable, groundbreaking work, Vincente makes vividly clear how we can bridge the widening gap between people and technology. He investigates every level of human activity - from simple matters such as our hand-eye coordination to complex human systems such as government regulatory agencies, and why businesses would benefit from making consumer goods easier to use. He shows us ... Meer lezen

    48,70 €

  • Automation Airmanship: Nine Principles for Operating Glass Cockpit Aircraft

    door Christopher Lutat, S. Ryan Swah ...
    Achieve excellence on the automated flight deck! The first practical guide that shows professional pilots how to safely transition to the automated flight deck Today's remarkable aircraft require remarkable airmanship skills. Automation Airmanship is a breakthrough book that helps pilots master these skills by introducing Nine Principles for Operating Glass Cockpit Aircraft. The nine principles ... Meer lezen

    45,04 €