James R Chiles: 2 books
Inviting Disaster
Lessons From the Edge of Technology
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2008
Combining captivating storytelling with eye-opening findings, Inviting Disaster delves inside some of history's worst catastrophes in order to show how increasingly "smart" systems leave us wide open to human tragedy.
Weaving a dramatic narrative that explains how breakdowns in these systems...
The God Machine
From Boomerangs to Black Hawks: The Story of the Helicopter
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2008
From transforming the ways of war to offering godlike views of inaccessible spots, revolutionizing rescues worldwide, and providing some of our most-watched TV moments—including the cloud of newscopters that trailed O. J. Simpson’s Bronco—the helicopter is far more capable than early inventors...