About this title: In this incessantly readable, groundbreaking work, Vincente makes vividly clear how we can bridge the widening gap between people and technology. He investigates every level of human activity--from simple matters such as our hand-eye coordination to complex human systems such as government regulatory agencies, and why businesses would benefit from ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Routledge
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780415970648ISBN:0415970644
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780676974898ISBN:0676974899
Description: Very Good ++ in Very Good ++ jacket. Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, 351 pages. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Routledge
Date Published: 2006-02-16
ISBN-13:9780415978910ISBN:0415978912
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Description: Very good. Book has appearance of only minimal use. All pages are undamaged with no significant creases or tears. With pride from Motor City. All books guaranteed. Best Service, Best Prices. read more
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Routledge
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780415978910ISBN:0415978912
Description: Paperback. Not Pretty. Pages Pulled from Spine/Slight Staining. SKU: 23410064 All orders shipped within 1 business day. 14 day money back guarantee ISBN: 9780415978910 Not Pretty. Pages Pulled from Spine/Slight Staining. SKU: 23410064 All orders shipped within 1 business day. 14 day money back guarantee. read more
Description: Good. Good condition hardcover with original dustjacket. Dustjacket in good condition with some shelfwear. No notes or highlighting. Exlibrary book with dustjacket in plastic protective cover. Portective cover has two stickers and stamps on edge of pages. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf Canada, Toronto
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780676974898ISBN:0676974899
Description: pp. 351. "Technology as Kim Vicente understands it isn't just the physical ?stuff? we use. In The Human Factor the word is used in a much broader sense, to include the physical and non-physical elements of complex systems. Information, teamwork, organizational structures and political decisions play a crucial role in determining how well a technological system as a whole functions. The ?Human-tech ladder? sets this out in more detail, and also provides the structure for the rest of the book. ... read more
Edition: First Edition (stated)
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Canada, Toronto
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780676974898ISBN:0676974899
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated). An examination into the startling rapidity with which advancing technology is changing our world and way of life, and how individual people are adapting to it-bridging the chasm between people and machines, altering hand-eye coodination, health concerns, business and corporate changes, much more. Hardcover with dust jacket, notes, indexed, 351pp. A very nice copy, the jacket neatly encased in an acid-free ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780415978910ISBN:0415978912
Description: New. What links the frustrations of daily life, like VCR clocks and voicemail systems, to airplane crashes and a staggering "hidden epidemic" of medical error? Kim Vicente is a professor of human factors engineering at the University of Toronto and a cons... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Routledge
Date Published: 2004-02-20
ISBN-13:9780415970648ISBN:0415970644
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