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Lessons amid the rubble : an introduction to post-disaster engineering and ethics / Sarah K.A. Pfatteicher.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pfatteicher, Sarah K. A., 1968- author.
- Series:
- Johns Hopkins introductory studies in the history of technology.
- Johns Hopkins introductory studies in the history of technology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Structural failures.
- Disasters--Research--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Disasters.
- Structural engineering.
- Disaster relief.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (193 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Contents:
- "A very imperfect process" : engineering problem-solving 101
- "Finding hope in the ruins" : a short history of engineering disasters
- "A new era" : the limits of engineering expertise in a post-9/11 world
- "Safe from every possible event" : how to strive for the impossible
- "Architectural terrorism" : why moderation matters
- "These material things" : passion and power in engineering
- Conclusion, "More time for the dreaming" : engineering curricula for the twenty-first century.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-175) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8018-9950-8
- OCLC:
- 794700374
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