Normal Accidents
Living with High-Risk Technologies
Published on 1. October 1985
Book
Paperback/Softback
400 pages
978-0-465-05142-7 (ISBN)
Description
A noted Yale sociologist examines how and why catastrophic accidents occur in high-tech industriesnuclear power, petrochemical, and aerospaceand argues that they are becoming nearly inevitable in our advanced technological society..
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
1190 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-465-05142-7 (9780465051427)
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10/1985
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Content
Introduction Nuclear Power as a High-Risk System: Why We Have Not Had More TMIsBut Will Soon Complexity, Coupling, and Catastrophe Petrochemical Plants Aircraft and Airways Marine Accidents Earthbound Systems: Dams, Quakes, Mines, and Lakes Exotics: Space, Weapons, and DNA Living with High-Risk Systems List of Acronyms