Lessons amid the rubble : an introduction to post-disaster engineering and ethics /
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Baltimore, Maryland :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
2010.
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| Series: | Johns Hopkins introductory studies in the history of technology.
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| Online Access: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
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Table of Contents:
- "A very imperfect process" : engineering problem-solving 101
- "Finding hope in the ruins" : a short history of engineering disasters
- "A new era" : the limits of engineering expertise in a post-9/11 world
- "Safe from every possible event" : how to strive for the impossible
- "Architectural terrorism" : why moderation matters
- "These material things" : passion and power in engineering
- Conclusion, "More time for the dreaming" : engineering curricula for the twenty-first century.