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020			_a0691004129 (pbk.): _c19.95 US
100		1	_aPERROW Charles
245		0	_aNormal accidents: _bliving with high risk technologies
250			_arev. edn.
260			_aPrinceton, NJ.: _bPrinceton Univ Press, _c1999
300			_a451p.
520		3	_aAnalyzes the social side of technological risk. Argues that the conventional engineering approach to ensuring safety fails because increasing complexity makes failures more likely or even inevitable. Covers accidents in the nuclear power industry (Three Mile Island), petrochemical plants, aircraft and flying, marine accidents, dams, mines, earthquakes, space and weapon systems. Concludes with some suggestions about what should be done. When first published in 1984 this book was hailed as a breakthrough in accident research.
650			_aACCIDENTS
650			_aAIR SAFETY
650			_aEARLY WARNING SYSTEMS
650			_aMARINE ACCIDENTS
650			_aNUCLEAR REACTORS _xACCIDENTS
650			_aRISK ANALYSIS
650			_aSPACE CRAFT _xACCIDENTS
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