Normal Accidents
Living with High-risk Technologies
Published on 1. October 1985
Book
Hardback
400 pages
978-0-465-05144-1 (ISBN)
Description
Analyzes the social side of technological risk. Charles Perrow argues that the conventional engineering approach to ensuring safety - building in more warnings and safeguards - fails because systems complexity makes failures inevitable.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Ill.
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 150 mm
Weight
1190 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-465-05144-1 (9780465051441)
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10/1985
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€37.96
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