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Set Phasers on Stun: And True Tales of Design, Technology, and Human Error by Steven Michael Casey Hardcover, 251 Pages, Published 1998 ISBN-10: 0-9636178-8-5 / 0963617885 ISBN-13: 978-0-9636178-8-0 / 9780963617880 A disturbing share of technological disasters are caused by incompatibilities between the way things are designed and the way people actually perceive, think, and act. Structurally sound aircraft plummet to the earth, supertankers run aground in calm weather, and the machines of medical sci |