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Title Lessons amid the rubble : an introduction to post-disaster engineering and ethics / Sarah K.A. Pfatteicher.

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Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	1 online resource (193 pages) : illustrations.
	text rdacontent
	computer rdamedia
	online resource rdacarrier
Series	Johns Hopkins introductory studies in the history of technology
	Johns Hopkins introductory studies in the history of technology.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-175) and index.
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.
Note	Description based on print version record.
Subject	Structural failures.
	Disasters -- Research -- Moral and ethical aspects.
	Structural engineering.
	Disaster relief.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Pfatteicher, Sarah K. A. Lessons amid the rubble : an introduction to post-disaster engineering and ethics. Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010 186 pages ; 23 cm. Johns Hopkins introductory studies in the history of technology 9780801897191 (OCoLC)ocn503307327
ISBN	9780801897191 (hardcover : alk. paper)
	080189719X (hardcover : alk. paper)
	9780801897207 (pbk. : alk. paper)
	0801897203 (pbk. : alk. paper)
	9780801899508 (electronic bk.)