Lessons amid the rubble : an introduction to post-disaster engineering and ethics / Sarah K.A. Pfatteicher.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Johns Hopkins introductory studies in the history of technologyPublisher: Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010Description: 1 online resource (193 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780801899508 (e-book)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Lessons amid the rubble : an introduction to post-disaster engineering and ethics.DDC classification:
  • 624.1/71 23
LOC classification:
  • TA656 .P488 2010eb
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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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-175) and index.

"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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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