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1.		Design of Everyday Things from MIT Customer Review: I got the Kindle edition of this book. Font is very hard to read and there is a lot of mangled words. Images in the book are unusable due the poor quality (too grainy). There are no navigational elements in this book. These are not essential but it would nice to have them.... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


2.		Introduction to Human Factors Engineering (2nd Edition) from Prentice Hall Price: $122.27 Customer Review: This textbook is written for any human factors engineering application purpose, but did appear to be slightly biased towards aviation. Maybe that's because I used it for a Human Factors in Aviation course for my graduate work. The book has a LOT of information, so much that it can be difficult... more info	Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


3.		The Design of Future Things: Author of The Design of Everyday Things from Basic Books Price: $18.15 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


4.		Great Streets from The MIT Press Customer Review: i love the drawing styles and methods presented in this book. i recommend it for anybody who loves buildings and great streets of our world.	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


5.		Human Factors in Flight from Ashgate Publishing Price: $53.85 Customer Review: This book is a great aviation safety book because it describes why accidents occur in aviation and what is done to prevent them. I recommend this book to anyone that enjoys aeronautics.	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


6.		Human Error from Cambridge University Press Customer Review: For those who are interested in the study of humen error and confiability based on a cognitive approach, this is a basic reading! For those longing for a more comprehensive approach, it is only the first step. But it's worthwhile.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


7.		The Field Guide to Understanding Human Error from Ashgate Publishing Price: $31.45 Customer Review: Sidney Dekker has once again provided us with some very good examples from his line of work. Easy, informative and very catching. Simply a "must have" for every investigator or Human Factor-specialist who needs to communicate the intricacy of the Human Factors field to people around him or... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


8.		Human Factors In Engineering and Design from McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math Price: $148.60 Customer Review: "Human Factors in Engineering and Design" is a well researched book that is recommended for anyone studying ergonomics and human factor issues in engineering and design, particularly at undergraduate level. It is a comprehensive coverage of the various relevant and pertinent topics that students and... more info	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


9.		Work Design: Occupational Ergonomics from Holcomb Hathaway, Publishers Price: $90.00 Customer Review: I don't have my book yet!!! UPS sent back to you the book and now I don't have it Please, I need to know what is going to happen with my book or my payment. If you will not send the book again to me I need a refund of my money	Customer Rating: 2.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


10.		The Measure of Man and Woman: Human Factors in Design from Wiley Price: $60.00 Customer Review: This book is an excellent resource for designing products that must accomodate various shapes and sizes of people. The charts provide a useful starting point for design. Some data, however, is quite old which dilutes it's relevancy. Also, do not purchase the instant, online access to this book.... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


11.		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


12.		Handbook of Aviation Human Factors (Human Factors in Transportation Series) from Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. Price: $140.00 Customer Review: This is basically a collection of academic research and research methods geared towards a graduate-level class in aviation human factors. It is what it is, of interest to those involved in higher level coursework in the aviation field.	Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


13.		Introduction to Ergonomics, Third Edition from CRC Price: $55.96	Click here for more information


14.		Ergonomics for Therapists from Mosby Price: $67.95 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


15.		The Human Factor from Routledge Customer Review: This was one of those books that is totally effortless to read. I attribute this to Kim Vicente's obvious passion for what he does, and his interesting ideas, research, and teaching, but most of all to his extraordinary ability to express himself. I've read many similar books, like Normal... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


16.		Fundamentals of Biomechanics from Springer Price: $71.96 Customer Review: The book is remarkably well written, the structure is well designed and all the examples are carefully selected in order to enhance the understanding of the students. Additionally, the mechanical and biological concepts are exceptionally well integrated. This increases the spectrum of fields of... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


17.		The Limits of Expertise: Rethinking Pilot Error and the Causes of Airline Accidents from Ashgate Publishing Price: $35.95 Customer Review: Easy transaction, book in condition it was described and received it on time...would buy from seller again.	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


18.		Practice Dentistry Pain-Free: Evidence-based Ergonomic Strategies to Prevent Pain and Extend Your Career from Posturedontics Press Price: $39.95 Customer Review: Dentistry and Pain are related by people in a way that they would rarely expect- pain to the dentist. "Practice Dentistry Pain-Free: Evidence-Based Strategies to Prevent Pain and Extend Your Career" focuses on ergonomics for the Dentist, little known to non-dental professionals. In order to... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


19.		Bodyspace: Anthropometry, Ergonomics and the Design of Work, Third Edition from CRC Price: $55.96	Click here for more information


20.	[no image]	Engineering Psychology and Human Performance from Harpercollins College Div 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


21.	[no image]	Things That Make Us Smart: Defending Human Attributes in the Age of the Machine from Addison Wesley Publishing Company Customer Review: "Things That Make Us Smart" is Don Norman professing his thoughts on how technologies serve as cognitive artifacts, from past to present. There is a lot of repetition and extraneous information including Norman's thoughts on forecasting technology trends. If you have read "The Design of Everyday... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


22.		Fitting The Task To The Human, Fifth Edition: A Textbook Of Occupational Ergonomics from CRC Price: $51.25 Customer Review: This is an excellent introductory review of ergonomics, written by two of the recognised top authorities in this field of study. It is a strongly recommended starting point for students seeking to orientate themselves in ergonomic science.	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


23.		Ergonomics and the Management of Musculoskeletal Disorders from Butterworth-Heinemann Price: $75.95	Click here for more information


24.		The Architectural Uncanny from The MIT Press 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.		Designing for Situation Awareness: An Approach to User-Centered Design from CRC Price: $50.36 Customer Review: The correspondence between this work and that of Alan Cooper (The Inmates Are Running the Asylum: Why High Tech Products Drive Us Crazy and How to Restore the Sanity and About Face 3: The Essentials of Interaction Design) are staggering. Dr. Endsley and her co-writers rail about how a technology... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


26.		Fitting the Human: Introduction to Ergonomics, Sixth Edition from CRC Price: $56.95	Click here for more information


27.		Sexuality & Space (Princeton Papers on Architecture) from Princeton Architectural Press Price: $19.46	Click here for more information


28.		Geography of Home: Writings on Where We Live from Princeton Architectural Press Price: $19.95 Customer Review: I found the core notion that our home designs don't fit our lives to be very interesting. But be warned that the book is a series of very personal, sometimes bordering on superficial, essays. Beyond the core notion, I didn't find much to relate to in Busch's observations about her own (upper... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


29.		The Mangle of Practice: Time, Agency, and Science from University Of Chicago Press Price: $22.50	Click here for more information


30.		Excellence By Design: Transforming Workplace and Work Practice from Wiley Price: $64.00 Customer Review: Explores the design of the physical workplace and the role this factor plays in improving productivity and operational effectiveness. Based on a four-year research project conducted by the MIT School of Architecture and Planning's Space Planning and Organization Research Group, this book introduces... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

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