2007-09-03 14:54:13 · 4 answers · asked by Christian 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
Below is a link from the October 2000 issue of Discover magazine. It includes their list of the 20 greatest science blunders in the past twenty years.
The second link is a list of the twenty greatest engineering accomplishments in the past 100 years.
2007-09-03 16:00:46 · answer #1 · answered by Thomas C 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Feats: Developing the light bulb, Landing a man on the moon, building the first atomic bomb.
Disasters: The Hindenburg, Space Shuttle disasters (2), recent collapse of bridge in MN.
2007-09-03 22:10:23 · answer #2 · answered by JcL 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Disaster- the Tacoma Narrows Bridge.
Disaster- the Beagle Mars Lander
Disaster - Chernobyl
2007-09-03 22:04:06 · answer #3 · answered by billyboomerang 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Johnstown flood (dam collapse), about 1879. Tacoma Narrows bridge failure (Galloping Gertie), about 1941. Freeway collapse, Oakland CA, 1989.
2007-09-03 22:03:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋