Person

Nancy G Leveson

Engineer and safety scientist of systems thinking, STAMP, and building software and sociotechnical systems that fail safely.

Why this matters

Leveson is core for serious systems—why component reliability does not guarantee institutional safety.

Works

book

Engineering a Safer World: Systems Thinking Applied

Leveson, Nancy G. *Engineering a Safer World: Systems Thinking Applied to Safety*. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2011.

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Book

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