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Includes military, scientific, commercial, and infrastructure disasters such as: The Lead water pipes of Rome; Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse; Edison's electrical folly; Betamax; Concorde crash; Hubble - A $2 billion telescope that didn't work; the Mars probe failures due to simple math mistakes; Cold Fusion; and, Ford Pinto.

It Looked Good on Paper

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    A Paperback by Bill Fawcett

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      Publisher: HarperCollins
      Publication Date: 2/1/2009 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780061358432, 978-0061358432
      ISBN10: 0061358436
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Includes military, scientific, commercial, and infrastructure disasters such as: The Lead water pipes of Rome; Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse; Edison's electrical folly; Betamax; Concorde crash; Hubble - A $2 billion telescope that didn't work; the Mars probe failures due to simple math mistakes; Cold Fusion; and, Ford Pinto.

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