The History of Human Factors and Ergonomics

by David Meister and Alton Meister

Book Overview

Human factors/ergonomics (HFE) as a discipline has grown by accretions rather than having been developed systematically and deliberately. Therefore, this book's goal creates a formal conceptual structure for HFE. It is intended as a contribution to cultural history because (a) ours is a technological civilization, and (b) one cannot understand technology outside of the various disciplines that make up that technology. A disciplinary history is highly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805827692
• ISBN13: 9780805827699
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 398 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.2"