Inviting disaster : lessons from the edge of technology : an inside look at catastrophes and why they happen / James R. Chiles.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: New York : HarperBusiness, 2001.Edition: 1st edDescription: xiv, 338 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0066620813
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • T174.5 .C57 2001
Contents:
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-329) and index.

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.

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