What Really Sank the Titanic (New Forensic Discoveries)
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| Rating | : | 4.67 (516 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0806528966 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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Tim Foecke earned his Ph.D. She lives in Portland, Oregon. He has performed failure analysis and forensic studies on the Titanic, USS Arizona, CSS Hunley, and the World Trade Center collapse, among other disasters. in Materials Science from the University of Minnesota, specializing in fracture
Chiles, author of Inviting Disaster"An essential facet of Titanic history. For nearly a century, the shocking loss has haunted the world. Five stars!"--Charles Pellegrino, author of Her Name TitanicWith 16 pages of photos. Researchers Jennifer Hooper McCarty and Tim Foecke draw on their participation in expeditions to the ship's wreckage and experiments on recovered Titanic materials to build a compelling new scenario. Was the ship doomed by a faulty design?Was the hull's steel too brittle?Was the captain negligent in the face of repeated warnings?On the night of April 14, 1912, the "unsinkable" RMS Titanic, with over 2,200 passengers onboard, struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic and plunged to a watery grave. Now the same CSI techniques that are used to solve modern murder cases have been applied to the sinking of history's most famous ship. In an age when forensics can catch killers, this book does what no other book has before: fingers the culprit in one of the greatest tragedies ever."A fascinating trail of historical forensics."--James R. The answers will astound you .Grippingly written, What Really Sank the Titanic is illustrated with fascinating period photographs and modern scientific evidence reflecting the authors intensive study of Titanic artifacts for more than ten years
He resides in Damascus, Maryland. She lives in Portland, Oregon. About the AuthorJennifer Hooper McCarty completed her master s and doctoral degrees in Materials Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, specializing in the characterization of historic materials. He has performed failure analysis and forensic studies on the Titanic, USS Arizona, CSS Hunley, and the World Trade Center collapse, among other disasters. in Materials Science from the University of Minnesota, specializing in fracture of metals. Her dissertation formed the first complete analysis of the metallurgy of the Titanic rivets. Tim Foecke
Nifty history/science lesson and analysis for Titanc enthusiats Nelson Aspen A well researched and presented theory on what contributed to the Titanic's infamous demise. While it often gets bogged down in the minutiae of science, the book still manages to captivate Titanic-philes and conspiracy theorists, alike.The more I learn about the behind-the-scenes world of Harland & Wolff, the more this hypothesis makes perfect sense. Plusmaybe Thomas Andrews wasn't the tragic hero he's been made out to beinteresting.Certainly worthy of a . A first-rate book! Bill B. Having spent a major part of my life in the maritime area, ships and sailors are my strong suit when it comes to reading. Add a dash of mystery to the tale and I'm hooked! Small wonder then that I had trouble putting this book down. For starters, the authors bring a great deal of education and background in metallurgy, failure analysis, metal fractures, etc., to support their view of what brought the mighty "unsinkable" Titanic down. It was a ship built w. A Forensic Ananlysis Samuel W. Halpern The authors did a superb job on assessing the quality and workmanship issues regarding the steel and rivets used in the construction of the Titanic and her sister ships. I especially liked the way they explained some of the complexities of steel making and the riveting process in the early part of the 20th century. All the explanations of technical matters were written so that someone without a technical background is able to appreciate and understand the