Reddit reviews Inviting Disaster: Lessons From the Edge of Technology
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Inviting Disaster by James Chiles. Every chapter is the story behind an engineering disaster. Some are the famous, major ones, like Chernobyl and Apollo 13, others are minor ones like an explosion at a nitroglycerin plant, and others were never disasters at all because good design and proper actions prevented a catastrophe. It feels like you're reading a novel, even as it's teaching you lessons about proper preparation and failure analysis. I highly recommend it.
I don't know about a book that is only this case study but check out "Inviting Disaster".
"To Engineer is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design" is another good one that touches on Challenger a bit.
Inviting Disaster. Think about what you build, who you build it for, and how it can hurt them.
Another book that covers Chernobyl, as well as dozens of other man-made disasters (like Bhopal, Challenger space shuttle, etc) is "Inviting Disaster" by James Chiles. Fascinating stuff.
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Any articles on social vulnerability. Can be applied to graduate studies, which is why you might especially be interested. Wiki
Great blog on recovery. Updated daily. Recovery Diva. Also click on the "Worth Reading" tab on the top of the site for her list of recommended books, articles and blogs.
From an engineering/tech perspective, great book on how things can go wrong.
Goodreads is a good website for book recommendations, and here's a list from their site.
I'm always looking for new reads myself, so pass along whatever you encounter in your studies!