Chiles, James R. <br/><br/>
Inviting disaster :  lessons from the edge of technology : an inside look at catastrophes and why they happen / 
James R. Chiles. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New York :  HarperBusiness,  2001. 
 - xiv, 338 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-329) and index. 
<br/><br/>Acknowledgments -- 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0066620813 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2001024074 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Technology--Risk assessment.<br/>Technologie--???�valuation du risque.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>T174.5  / .C57 2001