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Charles Perrow Normal Accidents (Paperback)
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- Condition
- Book Title
- Normal Accidents
- Publication Name
- Normal Accidents
- Title
- Normal Accidents
- Subtitle
- Living with High Risk Technologies - Updated Edition
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 0691004129
- EAN
- 9780691004129
- ISBN
- 9780691004129
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Genre
- Technology & Engineering, Medical
- Release Date
- 17/10/1999
- Release Year
- 1999
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 1.1in
- Item Length
- 9.3in
- Item Weight
- 22 Oz
- Language
- English
- Publication Year
- 1999
- Type
- Textbook
- Features
- Revised
- Topic
- Emergency Medicine, Industrial Health & Safety, General
- Item Width
- 6.1in
- Number of Pages
- 464 Pages
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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.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Princeton University Press
ISBN-10
0691004129
ISBN-13
9780691004129
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1025724
Product Key Features
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Features
Revised
Topic
Emergency Medicine, Industrial Health & Safety, General
Publication Year
1999
Type
Textbook
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Medical
Number of Pages
464 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.3in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
22 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Hd7262.P55 1999
Edition Description
Revised Edition
Reviews
" Normal Accidents is a testament to the value of rigorous thinking when applied to a critical problem." --Nick Pidgeon, Nature, " Normal Accidents is a testament to the value of rigorous thinking when applied to a critical problem."-- Nick Pidgeon, Nature, "[ Normal Accidents is] a penetrating study of catastrophes and near catastrophes in several high-risk industries. Mr. Perrow ... writes lucidly and makes it clear that 'normal' accidents are the inevitable consequences of the way we launch industrial ventures.... An outstanding analysis of organizational complexity." --John Pfeiffer, The New York Times, Normal Accidents is a testament to the value of rigorous thinking when applied to a critical problem., "[ Normal Accidents is] a penetrating study of catastrophes and near catastrophes in several high-risk industries. Mr. Perrow ... writes lucidly and makes it clear that 'normal' accidents are the inevitable consequences of the way we launch industrial ventures.... An outstanding analysis of organizational complexity."-- John Pfeiffer, The New York Times, "[Perrow's] research undermines promises that 'better management' and 'more operator training' can eliminate catastrophic accidents. In doing so, he challenges us to ponder what could happen to justice, community, liberty, and hope in a society where such events are normal." --Deborah A. Stone, Technology Review, "[Perrow's] research undermines promises that 'better management' and 'more operator training' can eliminate catastrophic accidents. In doing so, he challenges us to ponder what could happen to justice, community, liberty, and hope in a society where such events are normal."-- Deborah A. Stone, Technology Review, [Normal Accidentsis] a penetrating study of catastrophes and near catastrophes in several high-risk industries. Mr. Perrow ... writes lucidly and makes it clear that 'normal' accidents are the inevitable consequences of the way we launch industrial ventures.... An outstanding analysis of organizational complexity. -- John Pfeiffer, The New York Times, "[ Normal Accidents is] a penetrating study of catastrophes and near catastrophes in several high-risk industries. Mr. Perrow ... writes lucidly and makes it clear that 'normal' accidents are the inevitable consequences of the way we launch industrial ventures.... An outstanding analysis of organizational complexity." ---John Pfeiffer, The New York Times, [Perrow's] research undermines promises that 'better management' and 'more operator training' can eliminate catastrophic accidents. In doing so, he challenges us to ponder what could happen to justice, community, liberty, and hope in a society where such events are normal., [ Normal Accidents is] a penetrating study of catastrophes and near catastrophes in several high-risk industries. Mr. Perrow ... writes lucidly and makes it clear that 'normal' accidents are the inevitable consequences of the way we launch industrial ventures.... An outstanding analysis of organizational complexity., [Normal Accidentsis] a penetrating study of catastrophes and near catastrophes in several high-risk industries. Mr. Perrow ... writes lucidly and makes it clear that 'normal' accidents are the inevitable consequences of the way we launch industrial ventures.... An outstanding analysis of organizational complexity., "[Perrow's] research undermines promises that 'better management' and 'more operator training' can eliminate catastrophic accidents. In doing so, he challenges us to ponder what could happen to justice, community, liberty, and hope in a society where such events are normal." ---Deborah A. Stone, Technology Review, Normal Accidents is a testament to the value of rigorous thinking when applied to a critical problem. -- Nick Pidgeon, Nature, " Normal Accidents is a testament to the value of rigorous thinking when applied to a critical problem." ---Nick Pidgeon, Nature, [ Normal Accidents is] a penetrating study of catastrophes and near catastrophes in several high-risk industries. Mr. Perrow ... writes lucidly and makes it clear that 'normal' accidents are the inevitable consequences of the way we launch industrial ventures.... An outstanding analysis of organizational complexity. -- John Pfeiffer, The New York Times, [Perrow's] research undermines promises that 'better management' and 'more operator training' can eliminate catastrophic accidents. In doing so, he challenges us to ponder what could happen to justice, community, liberty, and hope in a society where such events are normal. -- Deborah A. Stone, Technology Review
Publication Name
Normal Accidents : Living with High Risk Technologies-Updated Edition
Table of Content
Abnormal Blessings vii Introduction 3 1. Normal Accident at Three Mile Island 15 2. Nuclear Power as a High-Risk System: Why We Have Not Had More TMIs--But Will Soon 32 3. Complexity, Coupling, and Catastrophe 62 4. Petrochemical Plants 101 5. Aircraft and Airways 123 6. Marine Accidents 170 7. Earthbound Systems: Dams, Quakes, Mines, and Lakes 232 8. Exotics: Space, Weapons, and DNA 256 9. Living with High-Risk Systems 304 Afterword 353 Postscript: The Y2K Problem 388 List of Acronyms 413 Notes 415 Bibliography 426 Index 441
Copyright Date
2000
Lccn
99-032990
Intended Audience
College Audience
Illustrated
Yes
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