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When technology fails : significant technological disasters, accidents, and failures of the twentieth century / edited by Neil Schlager ; foreword by Henry Petroski.
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Title:When technology fails : significant technological disasters, accidents, and failures of the twentieth century / edited by Neil Schlager ; foreword by Henry Petroski.
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Variant Title:Significant technological disasters, accidents, and failures of the twentieth century.
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Other Contributors/Collections:Schlager, Neil, 1966-
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Published/Created:Detroit : Gale Research, ©1994.
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Location:OKANAGAN LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
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Call Number: TA169.5 .W44 1994
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Number of Items:1
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Status:Available
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Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
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Call Number: TA169.5 .W44 1994
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Number of Items:1
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Status:Available
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Location:OKANAGAN LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
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Library of Congress Subjects:Challenger (Spacecraft)--Accidents.
System failures (Engineering)--Case studies.
Disasters--Case studies.
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Description:xxxvi, 659 p. : ill. ; 26 cm
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 645-647) and index.
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ISBN:0810389088 (alk. paper)
9780810389083 (alk. paper)
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Contents:Aircraft
Airships
Automobiles
Bridges
Buildings and other structures
Chemical and environmental disasters
Dams
Medical disasters
Nuclear plants
Ships
Spacecraft
Submarines.