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Engineering disasters

Chronicles over 40 of history's most devastating engineering failures, including the Exxon Valdez disaster to a nuclear meltdown at a secret governmetn facility, to the devastating effects of Hurricane Katrina. Uses state-of-the-art special effects to investigate not only what went wrong, but what can be learned from these disasters. The catastrophes recounted led to the creation of Superfund sites for the cleanup of toxic waste, improved safety standards for cars, planes, and ships; and new techniques for building roads, bridges, and buildings that will withstand nature's most destructive forces.

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  • "Modern marvels (Television program)"
  • "Modern marvels"
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  • "Over 40 of history's biggest engineering catastrophies"@en
  • "Over 40 of history's biggest engineering catastrophies"
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  • "Takes a look at failures of engineering and design that engendered some of the largest catastrophes of the modern world."
  • "Discusses the causes of engineering disasters, which have been ocurring since ancient times. Takes a look at specific disasters, including the collapse of the roof of Beauvais Cathedral in Medieval times, the breaking up of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Washington state, the collapse of the Kansas City Hyatt, the sinking of the Titanic, the collapse of the Teton Dam in Idaho, the exploding of the Hindenburg, the crashing of several commercial airplanes, the malfunctioning and repair of the Hubble space telescope, the nuclear accidents at Three Mile Island and Chernobyl, and the explosion at the Union Carbide Plant in Bhopal, India."
  • "Chronicles over 40 of history's most devastating engineering failures, including the Exxon Valdez disaster to a nuclear meltdown at a secret governmetn facility, to the devastating effects of Hurricane Katrina. Uses state-of-the-art special effects to investigate not only what went wrong, but what can be learned from these disasters. The catastrophes recounted led to the creation of Superfund sites for the cleanup of toxic waste, improved safety standards for cars, planes, and ships; and new techniques for building roads, bridges, and buildings that will withstand nature's most destructive forces."@en
  • "Explores notable disasters caused by poor planning, negligence, or innovative strategies that didn't work and searches for clues as to what happened, illustrating theories and processes with animated computer graphics. Includes discussions with experts and footage and photos of the events or the aftermath."
  • "Chronicles over 40 of history's most devastating engineering failures, including the Exxon Valdez disaster to a nuclear meltdown at a secret governmetn facility, to the devastating effects of Hurricane Katrina. Uses state-of-the-art special effects to investigate not only what went wrong, but what can be learned from these disasters. The catastrophes recounted led to the creation of Superfund sites for the cleanup of toxic waste, improved safety standards for cars, planes, and ships; and new techniques for building roads, bridges, and buildings that will withstand nature's most destructive forces."
  • "Sure, we all make mistakes, but when you're at the leading edge of human ingenuity and engineering ambition, one slip, one tiny error, can have almost unimaginable consequences. With over 14 hours of on-the-scene footage, powerful reenactments, expert analysis and graphic reconstructions, this fantastically popular show is the ultimate pre- and post-mortem on the most notorious engineering disasters of the past 40 years."
  • "A look at some of the worst tragedies in human history-- disasters that have claimed the lives of hundreds of people in one fell swoop and that might have been prevented. Covers the period from ancient times to the present day in order to tell the stories of these calamities. Includes stories from survivors of plane crashes and industrial accidents. Attempts to analyze what went wrong in events such as the explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger. Includes computer animation to illustrate the anatomy of some of the disasters."
  • "A look at some of the worst tragedies in human history-- disasters that have claimed the lives of hundreds of people in one fell swoop and that might have been prevented. Covers the period from ancient times to the present day in order to tell the stories of these calamities. Includes stories from survivors of plane crashes and industrial accidents. Attempts to analyze what went wrong in events such as the explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger. Includes computer animation to illustrate the anatomy of some of the disasters."@en
  • "Mankind, for all its genius and amazing achievements, is still far from infallible. Buildings still have to be built, and that takes the collective know-how of hundreds of people, and anywhere along this chain of human assistance could easily appear a weakest link. Take the Titanic, for instance, sure they rammed into an iceberg, but had it not been for a design flaw in the ballasts and the hull surrounding them, the impact could have been significantly less devastating."
  • "From the 1940 collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge to the chemical disasters at Chernobyl and the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India, to the well-known tragedy of the Titanic, this video takes a look at some of the most notable and devastating engineering mistakes in history."@en

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  • "Nonfiction television programs"@en
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  • "Engineering disasters [over 40 of history's biggest engineering catastrophes]"
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  • "Engineering disasters"

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