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1.		Design of Everyday Things, The from MIT Customer Review: I love this book -- it shows how natural simple designs always win in the end. It gives great examples of good and horrible designs.	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


2.		The Field Guide to Understanding Human Error from Ashgate Publishing Price: $24.34 Customer Review: Excellent book to learn, understand of why there is Human error. By learning the error to take the next step to improvised either on the job, or career.	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


3.		Introduction to Human Factors Engineering (2nd Edition) from Prentice Hall Price: $110.00 Customer Review: This edition of Human Factors Engineering is a brilliant read. It uses excellent examples that play out the content in story based scenarios. My only criticism is that it may be a bit too informative, meaning there is so much information it is kind of a whirlwind to read through. This however may... more info	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


4.		Handbook of Aviation Human Factors, Second Edition (Human Factors in Transportation) from CRC Press Price: $101.21 Customer Review: I gave the book a 4 out of 5 because it provides useful information in the advancement of Human Factors. In my opinion, it is organized well and although some chapters are long, they won't necessarily put you to sleep. For someone who wasn't familiar with the subject prior to reading this book, I... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


5.		The Design of Future Things: Author of The Design of Everyday Things from Basic Books Customer Review: This book is at best a sequel to "Design of everyday things". He delivers with a few interesting anecdotes but never really dazzles. As a fan of the other book I found this one to be a disappointment.	Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


6.		Human Error from Cambridge University Press Customer Review: I'm very interested in exploring the origins of human errors. And this book by James Reason seemed liked a good read. I was about to travel and I didn't want to buy a paperback or a hardcover book--there are severe weight limitations for air travel. But I have a Kindle, and this book was available... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


7.		Human Factors in Flight from Ashgate Publishing Price: $44.05 Customer Review: the product took over a month to reach me; I'm not sure if it was the holiday season but it put me 5 weeks behind on my online course. Once the book reached me I was extremely satisifed with the condition of the book.	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


8.		Save Your Hands!: The Complete Guide to Injury Prevention and Ergonomics for Manual Therapists from Body of Work Books Price: $25.01 Customer Review: Save Your Hands! now has a totally new 2nd Edition that's been greatly expanded and updated. The first edition helped me a lot as a massage therapist, but the 2nd Edition is even better. It's twice as long and has much more information on less-stressful techniques, body mechanics and ergonomics.... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


9.	[no image]	Things That Make Us Smart: Defending Human Attributes in the Age of the Machine from Addison Wesley Publishing Company Price: $5.00 Customer Review: Where The Design of Everyday Things is device-centered, this work analyzes device interaction with a similar degree of rigor but from a user perspective. Norman divides interaction into experiential and reflective modes while considering the strengths and weaknesses of humans and machines.... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


10.	[no image]	Engineering Psychology and Human Performance from Harpercollins College Div Price: $94.00 Customer Review: As a budding Usability Engineer I have to say that early in my career I had heard about Wickens as he a prof of Human Factors Engineering around the Chicago area (if I am not mistaken about the area). I bought the book when I could find it on sale once, and it's been a prized possession ever since.... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


11.		Great Streets from The MIT Press Customer Review: I love this book! The drawings are amazing and they really help backup what the author is saying, regarding density and proportion of streets.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


12.		The Measure of Man and Woman: Human Factors in Design from Wiley Price: $46.08 Customer Review: This book provides a thorough summary of the physical characteristics of the human machine. You would be hard pressed to find a measurement of the human body not contained in this text. As a forensic engineer, I find it an invaluable resource in my library.	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


13.		Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet from Weidenfeld & Nicholson Customer Review: Turkle's book is one of the first ethnographies published on virtual communities and how we construct and reconstruct our senses of identity through the internet. It is therefore an important starting point for anyone with a general interest in this area research. Since this book was originally... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


14.		Introduction to Graphics Communications for Engineers (B.E.S.T. Series) from McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math Price: $1.89 Customer Review: This book is quite small, so it seems very expensive. The technical content, however is excellent! I am keeping this book as reference for now, but hope to get a better book for a class on this subject next year.	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


15.		Ten Questions About Human Error: A New View of Human Factors and System Safety (Human Factors in Transportation) from CRC Press Price: $29.88 Customer Review: This is a superb book - Im a physician - it should be part of our medical school curriculum.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


16.		The Limits of Expertise: Rethinking Pilot Error and the Causes of Airline Accidents (Ashgate Studies in Human Factors for Flight Operations) from Ashgate Publishing Price: $96.18 Customer Review: "The Limits of Expertise" is an in depth review of how the human mind assimilates the very fast stream of data that a pilot experiences in flying at critical moments i.e. approach and landing. How do we pick the important detail from this sometimes overwhelming load of data. I use the word data... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


17.		Introduction to Ergonomics, Third Edition from CRC Press Price: $40.90	Click here for more information


18.		Work Design: Occupational Ergonomics from Holcomb Hathaway, Publishers Price: $72.00 Customer Review: Mandatory book at U of M Dearborn- Prof knows this book is insufficient but its still used? Not a good reference book for ergonomics. Only buy if you must and if you must, buy mine!	Customer Rating: 2.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


19.		Human Factors In Engineering and Design from McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math Price: $85.99 Customer Review: Yes, it's resource. This is one of those books that an engineer will want to keep as a reference. The material is both technical and explanatory and in this case, is a required University text. The material is semi-recent and is general to all engineering problems with regard to Human Machine... more info	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


20.		Ergonomics for Therapists from Mosby Price: $61.06 Customer Review: This book is very helpful to student OT's. I found the book to be very useful for completing job analysees and tasks. The measurements given in the book are very helpful as well as the format to follow for conducting job analysees. The book did not give enough information on how to provide... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


21.		Ergonomics for Therapists from Mosby Price: $61.06 Customer Review: This book is very helpful to student OT's. I found the book to be very useful for completing job analysees and tasks. The measurements given in the book are very helpful as well as the format to follow for conducting job analysees. The book did not give enough information on how to provide... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


22.	[no image]	Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics: A Special Issue of the international Journal of Cognitive Ergonomics from CRC Press Customer Review: This is the 4th edition of this volume. Harris provides a nice overview to media psychology. I think the book is mistitled because it does not really deal with cognitive psychology (as a cognitive psychologist would define it). For example, there is limited discussion of factors influencing... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


23.		Principles and Practice of Aviation Psychology (Human Factors in Transportation) from CRC Press Price: $78.36 Customer Review: I recieved my new book in 7 days, the price was a little on the high side but at the time it was the lowest I could find. it is all about timing.	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


24.		The Architectural Uncanny from The MIT Press Price: $147.97 Customer Review: "Brilliant...Anthony Vidler is a conceptual conjurer of formidable skill." - J. Mordaunt Crook, New York Times Book Review "The Architectural Uncanny presents an engaging and original series of meditations on issues and figures that are at the heart of the most pressing debates surrounding... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


25.		Fitting the Human: Introduction to Ergonomics, Sixth Edition from CRC Press Price: $38.16 Customer Review: Hard for students to follow; text/paragraphs seem incompete and in need of better flow. 5th edition was better. Does not use the english system of measurements, Little data is given for the American population; other pop. are interesting, but we need to focus on the US pop. Limited references; most... more info	Customer Rating: 2.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


26.		Occupational Biomechanics from Wiley-Interscience Price: $56.50 Customer Review: The book was delivered quickly and it was in good condition just like it said.	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


27.		Motion and Time Study for Lean Manufacturing (3rd Edition) from Prentice Hall Price: $64.84 Customer Review: Good explanation of traditional work measurement techniques and does discuss their application to support the "trendy" lean manufacturing techniques. As such, will help practioners of lean techniques to use a sound engineered/quantified approach. At times, seems like a commercial for author's... more info	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


28.		Human Factors Methods: A Practical Guide for Engineering And Design from Ashgate Publishing Price: $45.81	Click here for more information


29.		Resilience Engineering: Concepts And Precepts from Ashgate Publishing Price: $34.62 Customer Review: Resilience engineering is the new field for anyone interested in safety management and has found that existing methods have run out of steam. It provides ways to manage safety proactively (without having to wait for bad events to analyze and then fix) and broadens the view of what should be looked... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


30.		A Human Error Approach to Aviation Accident Analysis: The Human Factors Analysis and Classification System from Ashgate Publishing Price: $126.84 Customer Review: I learnt about HFACS in my Human Factor course during the Master of Science in Aeronautics Program and now I'm addicted to this framework. Every investigator should use this tool to unveil the real reasons why human errors occurred. And more, I met Dr. Shappell, one of the author, and he is an... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

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