Lessons amid the rubble : an introduction to post-disaster engineering and ethics / / Sarah K.A. Pfatteicher
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Pfatteicher Sarah K. A. <1968->
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| Titolo: |
Lessons amid the rubble : an introduction to post-disaster engineering and ethics / / Sarah K.A. Pfatteicher
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| Pubblicazione: | Baltimore, Maryland : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (193 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 624.1/71 |
| Soggetto topico: | Structural failures |
| Disasters - Research - Moral and ethical aspects | |
| Structural engineering | |
| Disaster relief | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-175) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | "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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Lessons amid the rubble |
| ISBN: | 0-8018-9950-8 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910788357403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Johns Hopkins introductory studies in the history of technology.