When Engineering Fails (1998)

When Engineering Fails is a 1998 film written and presented by Henry Petroski.[http://www.pubs.asce.org/WWWdisplay.cgi?9902909] It examines the causes of major disasters, including the explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger, and compares the risks of computer-assisted design with those of traditional engineering methods. The original title of the film was To Engineer Is Human, the title of Petroski's non-fiction book about design failures.[http://www.films.com/id/9417/When_Engineering_Fails.htm]

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