{"product_id":"inviting-disaster-9780066620824","title":"Inviting Disaster: Lessons from the Edge of Technology","description":"Combining captivating storytelling with eye-opening findings, \u003cem\u003eInviting Disaster\u003c\/em\u003e delves inside some of history's worst catastrophes in order to show how increasingly \"smart\" systems leave us wide open to human tragedy.\u003cp\u003eWeaving a dramatic narrative that explains how breakdowns in these systems result in such disasters as the chain reaction crash of the Air France Concorde to the meltdown at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station, Chiles vividly demonstrates how the battle between man and machine may be escalating beyond manageable limits -- and why we all have a stake in its outcome. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncluded in this edition is a special introduction providing a behind-the-scenes look at the World Trade Center catastrophe. Combining firsthand accounts of employees' escapes with an in-depth look at the structural reasons behind the towers' collapse, Chiles addresses the question, Were the towers \"two tall heroes\" or structures with a fatal flaw?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChiles, James R.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - James R. Chiles began writing about technology and history while a student at the University of Texas Law School. His first piece was a 1979 \u003cem\u003eTexas Monthly\u003c\/em\u003e article on the Pantex nuclear weapons assembly plant in Amarillo, Texas. He began writing features for \u003cem\u003eSmithsonian\u003c\/em\u003e in 1983, and since that time has published features and cover stories there and in \u003cem\u003eAudubon, Air \u0026amp; Space, Harvard\u003c\/em\u003e magazine, and \u003cem\u003eAmerican Heritage of Invention \u0026amp; Technology\u003c\/em\u003e. He lives in Minnesota.","brand":"HarperBusiness","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50409581838610,"sku":"9780066620824","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_475d9ac4-c456-4fc0-8e86-0ae4d46e0530.jpg?v=1729290886","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/inviting-disaster-9780066620824","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}