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Comments: LCCN 2010001220 Type of material Book Personal name Pfatteicher, Sarah K. A., 1968-Main title Lessons amid the rubble: an introduction to post-disaster engineering and ethics / Sarah K.A. Pfatteicher. Published/Created Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010. Description 186 p. : ill.; 23 cm. ISBN 9780801897191 (hardcover: alk. paper) 080189719X (hardcover: alk. paper) 9780801897207 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0801897203 (pbk. : alk. paper) LC classification TA656. P488 2010 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. Subjects Structural failures. Disasters--Research--Moral and ethical aspects. Structural engineering. Disaster relief. Notes Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-175) and index. Series Johns Hopkins introductory studies in the history of technology Johns Hopkins introductory studies in the history of technology. National bib no. GBB083863 National bib agency no. 015600561 Other system no. (OCoLC)ocn503307327 Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 186 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white, Halftones, black & white, Line drawings, black & white, Tables, black & white. Johns Hopkins Introductory Studies in the History of Technol. Audience: General/trade. Very good. Ex-library.
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Comments: Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 186 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white, Halftones, black & white, Line drawings, black & white, Tables, black & white. Johns Hopkins Introductory Studies in the History of Technol. Audience: General/trade.LCCN 2010001220 Type of material Book Personal name Pfatteicher, Sarah K. A., 1968-Main title Lessons amid the rubble: an introduction to post-disaster engineering and ethics / Sarah K.A. Pfatteicher. Published/Created Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010. Description 186 p. : ill.; 23 cm. ISBN 9780801897191 (hardcover: alk. paper) 080189719X (hardcover: alk. paper) 9780801897207 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0801897203 (pbk. : alk. paper) LC classification TA656. P488 2010 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. Subjects Structural failures. Disasters--Research--Moral and ethical aspects. Structural engineering. Disaster relief. Notes Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-175) and index. Series Johns Hopkins introductory studies in the history of technology Johns Hopkins introductory studies in the history of technology. National bib no. GBB083863 National bib agency no. 015600561 Other system no. (OCoLC)ocn503307327
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