In retrospect: Normal Accidents

Nick Pidgeon ()
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Nick Pidgeon: Nick Pidgeon is professor of applied psychology at Cardiff University, Wales, CF10 3AT, UK.

Nature, 2011, vol. 477, issue 7365, 404-405

Abstract: As Japan strives to overcome the Fukushima nuclear disaster, Nick Pidgeon reflects on Charles Perrow's classic book about why complex technologies fail.

Date: 2011
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