| LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
99032990 |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780691004129 |
| DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Call number |
363.1 |
| MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Authors |
Perrow, Charles |
| TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Normal accidents : |
| Subtitle |
living with high-risk technologies |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Charles Perrow |
| PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication |
Princeton, NJ : |
| Publisher |
Princeton University Press, |
| Date |
c1999. |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
x, 451 p. : |
| Other Details |
ill. ; |
| Size |
24 cm. |
| SERIES STATEMENT |
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| Series statement |
Princeton paperbacks |
| GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Reprint. Originally published: New York : Basic Books, 1984. |
| CONTENTS |
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| Contents |
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. |
| SUMMARY |
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| Summary |
Analyzes the societal impact of high-risk technologies and argues that conventional engineering approaches to safety fail due to the complex nature of technological systems and their inevitable failure. |
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| Program name |
WHS |
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| Topical Heading |
Industrial accidents |
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Technology |
| General |
Risk assessment |
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| Topical Heading |
Accidents |
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Industrial accidents |
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Technology |
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| Topical Heading |
Accidents |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier |
https://uowd.box.com/s/pwm1hp4otarqak79455ek1zyjydfbaqm |
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