Terrifying.
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Terrifying.
Tapa blanda, 656 páginas
Idioma English
Publicado el 26 de agosto de 2014 por Penguin Books.
Command and Control
Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety
por Eric Schlosser
Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety is a 2013 nonfiction book by Eric Schlosser about the history of nuclear weapons systems in the United States. Incidents Schlosser discusses in the book include the 1980 Damascus Titan missile explosion and the 1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash. It was a finalist for the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for History. A documentary film based on the book aired as an episode of The American Experience on PBS in early 2017.
We're Going to Blow Ourselves Up
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This book is a stark reminder in the necessity of layered passive engineering safety. The nuclear armed world has nearly blown itself up an absurd number of times. It's pretty obvious people cannot be trusted with active safety measures.
This book is a stark reminder in the necessity of layered passive engineering safety. The nuclear armed world has nearly blown itself up an absurd number of times. It's pretty obvious people cannot be trusted with active safety measures.