Minding the machines : preventing technological disasters /
William M. Evan, Mark Manion.
Bok Engelsk 2002 · Electronic books
| Utgitt | Upper Saddle River, NJ : : Prentice Hall PTR, , c2002.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (xxiv, 485 p. ) : ill. ;
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| Opplysninger | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph. - Technological disasters: an overview -- Natural and human-made disasters -- The year 2000 (Y2K) debacle: an ironic failure of information technology -- Theories of technological disasters -- The root causes of technological disasters -- Three industrial revolutions and beyond -- A matrix of technological disasters -- Twelve exemplary case studies of technological disasters -- Lessons learned from the case studies of technological disasters -- The responsibilities of engineers and scientists -- The role of corporations in the management of technological disasters -- The role of the legal system in technology policy decisions -- Assessing the risks of technology -- Technology decisions and the democratic process.
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| ISBN | 0130656461
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