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		buescher on Feb 15, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Therac-25 Incident Here's a bit more background, from Nancy Leveson (now at MIT): http://sunnyday.mit.edu/papers/therac.pdf

meristem on Feb 15, 2021 [–]

Leveson's Engineering a Safer World[1] is excellent, for those interested in safety engineering.

[1] https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/engineering-safer-world

buescher on Feb 15, 2021 | [–]

The systems safety case studies in that are great. It's also available as "open access" (free-as-in-free-beer) at MIT press:

https://direct.mit.edu/books/book/2908/Engineering-a-Safer-W...

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