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Rational accidents : reckoning with catastrophic technologies / John Downer.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Downer, John (John R.), author.
Series:
Inside technology
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Reliability (Engineering).
Aircraft accidents--Prevention.
Aircraft accidents.
Risk assessment.
Industrial safety.
Physical Description:
1 online resource.
Place of Publication:
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2023]
Summary:
"There are limits to what engineers can know, and this means that not every technological failure can be anticipated or avoided. The book explores this observation in the context of technologies that cannot be allowed to fail, e.g., jetliners"-- Provided by publisher.
Notes:
OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
ISBN:
9780262377010
0262377012
9780262377027
0262377020
OCLC:
1370249598

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