University 113 Spring 2005
ML 251 Tu-Th: 2:30-3:50 PM
Technological Disasters and Catastrophes
"If anything can go wrong, it will."
Murphy's Law
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In the schedule, the reading for a particular day should be done before class that day. |
February 1 And the Band Played On (2) |
February 3 (Reading packet 19) The Spread of AIDS
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February 8 (Reading Packet 9) Lecture on Nuclear Reactors |
February 10 (Reading Packet 10,11,12) Chernobyl |
February 15 (Reading Packet 7; See Content site) The Challenger Accident (Reading Packet 8; See Content site) The Columbia Accident |
February 17 (Reading Packet 14) Three Mile Island Tom Biddle, Former nuclear submarine officer |
February 22 NASA team visit George Abbey, John Young and Jim Wetherbee The Fall of Enron |
February 24 (Reading Packet 15,16,17) Three Mile Island 1.Company communications 2. Nuclear dread 3. Fantasy plans |