Engineering Disasters

From a pair of shoes to the tallest skyscraper, the world is full of things designed by engineers. But if engineers, builders, and maintenance crews aren't careful, their mistakes can have disastrous consequences. Human error has led to major floods and nuclear disasters. Oversights and miscalculations can result in cars bursting into flames and aircraft falling out of the sky. Engineering Disasters explores what went wrong in such disasters, who was to blame, and why it is important for everyon...