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Engineering a Safer World: Systems Thinking Applied to Safety

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Engineering a Safer World: Systems Thinking Applied to Safety
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Publisher: The MIT Press
ISBN/ASIN: 0262016621
ISBN-13: 9780262016629
Number of pages: 555

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Revisiting and updating ideas pioneered by 1950s aerospace engineers in their System Safety concept, and testing her new model extensively on real-world examples, Leveson has created a new approach to safety that is more effective, less expensive, and easier to use than current techniques.

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