Human Factors in Aviation (Cognition and Perception) [Paperback]

Earl L. Wiener (Editor), D.C. Nagel (Editor), Edward C. Carterette (Series Editor), Morton P. Friedman (Series Editor)

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Paperback: 684 pages
Publisher: Academic Press Inc (15 Aug 1990)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0127500316
ISBN-13: 978-0127500317
Product Dimensions: 22.8 x 15 x 3.2 cm
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 599,901 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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"This is the book to read if you wish to know how behavioral concepts underlie pilot performance... Worth procuring if you are interested in pilot performance. It is handsomely produced and would be a worthy addition to any library." --HUMAN FACTORS SOCIETY BULLETIN "This is a book that would be well worth having on one's shelf. For the human-factors psychologist, it is a necessity: many chapters provide not only thorough historical reviews, but also reports on state-of-the-art research and practice in applications to aviation. For other psychologists, the book is a powerful demonstration of the impact that basic theory and empirical research in psychology can have for real world phenomena. The editors and authors have provided the psychological community with a vivid description of how experimental, physiological, social, and differential psychology can combine to create an interface with the technological world outside of the laboratory." --CONTEMPORARY PSYCHOLOGY, Phillip L. Ackerman "This book is by far the most authoritative resource in human factors to be published in many years. Human Factors in Aviation is a successful attempt to define the scientific issues underlying this vitally important field of study and provides a framework to understand future endeavors." --Air Line Pilot, DONALD E. HUDSON, M.D., Alpha Associate Aeromedical Advisor "Only once in a great while in any discipline does a text come along that sets the standard for many years. This is such a book... This is the stuff that makes instant experts. Instead of becoming informed by reading conflicting papers over a long period of time, you can just read this book." --THE SAFETY MIND, Captain Don Smith "This big volume, by about thirty human engineering and aviation experts, is the definitive book on the application of human factors to aviation... should be required reading for ATC system designers and administrators." --AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL

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Human Factors in Aviation, written for the widespread aviation community--engineers, scientist, pilots, managers, government personnel, and others--is also be of interest to those in nonaviation fields. The authors/contributors were chosen not only as experts in their fields, but because they could write for a wider audience than they customarily address. The organization of the book takes the reader from the general to the specific, first covering broad issues, then the more specific topics of pilot performance, human factors in aircraft design, and vehicles and systems. The physiological and medical aspects are well documented also.

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Human endeavor to attain the capability of flight engaged both the imagination and the ingenuity of men for centuries before the epic achievement of Orville and Wilbur Wright in 1903. Read the first page

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Good but dated 22 April 2002

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A great introduction to human factors but it shows its age in its focus, its examples, and its recommendations. Nevertheless, this book makes a good starting point.

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