Inviting disaster : lessons from the edge of technology : an inside look at catastrophes and why they happen /

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Main Author: Chiles, James R.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : HarperBusiness, 2001.
Edition:1st ed.
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245 1 0 |a Inviting disaster :  |b lessons from the edge of technology : an inside look at catastrophes and why they happen /  |c James R. Chiles. 
250 |a 1st ed. 
260 |a New York :  |b HarperBusiness,  |c 2001. 
300 |a xiv, 338 p.  |b ill. ;  |c 24 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-329) and index. 
505 0 |a Acknowledgments -- Introduction : On the machine frontier : new technology and old habits -- Shock wave : high tech on the high seas -- Blind spot : baffled and bewildered inside the massive system -- Rush to judgment : when flagship projects run out of time -- Doubtless : testing is such a bother -- Really bad day : panic and triumph on the machine frontier -- Tunnel vision : go away, I'm busy -- Red line running : humans have a limit, too -- Crack in the system : failure starts slow, but it grows -- Healthy fear : alive and alert at danger's edge -- That human touch : how little errors make big accidents -- Robbing the pillar : slacking off with the high-power system -- Machine man : surviving and thriving on the new frontier -- Disasters, calamities, and near misses cited in the book. 
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