How Long to Read Engineering a Safer World

How Long Does it Take to Read Engineering a Safer World?

It takes the average reader 9 hours and 26 minutes to read Engineering a Safer World by Nancy Leveson

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Engineering has experienced a technological revolution, but the basic engineering techniques applied in safety and reliability engineering, created in a simpler, analog world, have changed very little over the years. In this groundbreaking book, Nancy Leveson proposes a new approach to safety -- more suited to today's complex, sociotechnical, software-intensive world -- based on modern systems thinking and systems theory. Revisiting and updating ideas pioneered by 1950s aerospace engineers in their System Safety concept, and testing her new model extensively on real-world examples, Leveson has created a new approach to safety that is more effective, less expensive, and easier to use than current techniques. Arguing that traditional models of causality are inadequate, Leveson presents a new, extended model of causation (Systems-Theoretic Accident Model and Processes, or STAMP), then then shows how the new model can be used to create techniques for system safety engineering, including accident analysis, hazard analysis, system design, safety in operations, and management of safety-critical systems. She applies the new techniques to real-world events including the friendly-fire loss of a U.S. Blackhawk helicopter in the first Gulf War; the Vioxx recall; the U.S. Navy SUBSAFE program; and the bacterial contamination of a public water supply in a Canadian town. Leveson's approach is relevant even beyond safety engineering, offering techniques for "reengineering" any large sociotechnical system to improve safety and manage risk.

How long is Engineering a Safer World?

Engineering a Safer World by Nancy Leveson is 555 pages long, and a total of 141,525 words.

This makes it 187% the length of the average book. It also has 173% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Engineering a Safer World Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 12 hours and 53 minutes to read Engineering a Safer World aloud.

What Reading Level is Engineering a Safer World?

Engineering a Safer World is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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