Inviting disaster
Subtitle: lessons from the edge of technology : an inside look at catastrophes and why they happen
By: James R. Chiles.
Edition: 1st paperback ed.
Publisher: HarperBusiness
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
Subjects: Technology -- Risk assessment
Other titles: Lessons from the edge of technology; Catastrophes and why they happen
Notes: "With a new introduction on the collapse of the World Trade Center towers"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-330) and index.
Table of contents: title: Special introduction to the paperback edition; title: Introduction : On the machine frontier : new technology and old habits; title: Shock wave : high tech on the high seas; title: Blind spot : baffled and bewildered inside the massive system; title: Rush to judgment : when flagship projects run out of time; title: Doubtless : testing is such a bother; title: Really bad day : panic and triumph on the machine frontier; title: Tunnel vision : go away, I'm busy; title: Red line running : humans have a limit, too; title: Crack in the system : failure starts slow, but it grows; title: Healthy fear : alive and alert at danger's edge; title: That human touch : how little errors make big accidents; title: Robbing the pillar : slacking off with the high-power system; title: Machine man : surviving and thriving on the new frontier; title: Disasters, calamities, and near misses cited in the book.