"Risks in Technological Systems" is an interdisciplinary university textbook and a book for the educated reader on the risks of today's society. In order to understand and analyze risks associated with the engineering systems on which modern society relies, other concerns have to be addressed, besides technical aspects. In contrast to many academic textbooks dealing with technological risks, this book has a unique interdisciplinary character that presents technological risks in their own context.
Twenty-four scientists have come together to present their views on risks in technological systems. Their scientific disciplines cover not only engineering, economics and medicine, but also history, psychology, literature and philosophy. Taken together these contributions provide a broad, but accurate, interdisciplinary introduction to a field of increasing global interest, as well as rich opportunities to achieve in-depth knowledge of the subject.
| ISBN: | 9781447125198 |
| Publication date: | 14th March 2012 |
| Author: | Göran Grimvall, Åke Holmgren, Per Jacobsson, Torbjörn Thedéen |
| Publisher: | Springer an imprint of Springer London |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 341 pages |
| Series: | Springer Series in Reliability Engineering |
| Genres: |
Security and fire alarm systems Electrical engineering Business innovation Biomedical engineering Philosophy Technology: general issues Civil engineering, surveying and building |