When Technology Fails: Significant Technological Disasters, Accidents, and Failures of the Twentieth Century

By Neil Schlager

Explores the causes and effects of approximately 100 of the most significant man-made disasters, accidents and failures of this century. The book focuses particularly on disasters caused by faults in design, construction, planning, and testing and the entries are arranged chronologically.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810389088
• ISBN13: 9780810389083
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Gale Research
• Length: 659 Pages
• Weight: 2.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.3" x 1.3" x 7.5"