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Normal Accidents: Living with High-Risk Technologies.
“This was apparently a revolutionary book, back when it was published. It pushed back on the idea that industrial accidents were usually the fault of human error. It advaned the idea that in the world of connected systems, humans simply be expected to understand the ultimate ramifications of…”
Shoot for the Moon: The Space Race and the Extraordinary Voyage of Apollo 11
Air Wars: The Global Combat Between Airbus and Boeing
The Great Stewardess Rebellion: How Women Launched a Workplace Revolution at 30,000 Feet
Powering the World’s Airliners: Engine Developments from the Propeller to the Jet Age
The Challenger Launch Decision: Risky Technology, Culture, and Deviance at NASA
Area 51: An Uncensored History of America’s Top Secret Military Base
“About 50 pages into this, I was bored, and it seemed very similar to another book I had read. Sure enough, turns out Annie Jacobson wrote The Pentagon’s Brain: An Uncensored History of DARPA, America’s Top-Secret Military Research Agency . I’m just not a fan of her writing, I guess. The truth is…”
Airframe
“ Solid thriller about the apparent cover-up of an inflight incident on trans-pacific flight. Lots of a super geeky airline industry information. If you like jets, this is your book. Fast-paced, page turner. I legitimately couldn’t put it down. ”
The Crash Detectives: Investigating the World’s Most Mysterious Air Disasters
“ Somewhat interesting, but scattered. The author bounces around a lot. ”