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245	1	0	_aNormal accidents : _bliving with high-risk technologies _cCharles Perrow
260			_aPrinceton, NJ : _bPrinceton University Press, _cc1999.
300			_ax, 451 p. : _bill. ; _c24 cm.
490	1		_aPrinceton paperbacks
500			_aReprint. Originally published: New York : Basic Books, 1984.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 426-439) and index.
505	0		_aAbnormal 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.
520			_aAnalyzes 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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