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The Human Factor: Revolutionizing the Way People Live with Technology
A flat-signed first Canadian edition and first printing of The Human Factor: Revolutionizing the Way People Live with Technology by Kim Vicente, published by Alfred A. Knopf Canada in 2003. The complete number line runs through 1, and Vicente has signed the title page directly beneath his printed name without a visible personalized inscription.
In this accessible work on human-factors engineering, Vicente examines what happens when technology and complex systems are designed without sufficient attention to human abilities, limitations, communication, and behaviour. Drawing examples from everyday products as well as health care, aviation, industry, and public policy, he argues for technology that is adapted to people rather than forcing people to adapt to poorly conceived systems. The book won the 2004 National Business Book Award.
Hardcover with dust jacket and black-and-white illustrations. The photographed interior includes diagrams and reproduced interface examples that help explain the book's ideas. ISBN 0-676-97489-9.
Very Good overall, with light edge and corner wear visible on the dust jacket and an “Autographed” sticker on the front. The photographed title, copyright, and representative illustrated pages appear clean, with no annotations or staining visible beyond the author's signature. Please check all photographs carefully, as they form part of the description.
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A flat-signed first Canadian edition and first printing of The Human Factor: Revolutionizing the Way People Live with Technology by Kim Vicente, published by Alfred A. Knopf Canada in 2003. The complete number line runs through 1, and Vicente has signed the title page directly beneath his printed name without a visible personalized inscription.
In this accessible work on human-factors engineering, Vicente examines what happens when technology and complex systems are designed without sufficient attention to human abilities, limitations, communication, and behaviour. Drawing examples from everyday products as well as health care, aviation, industry, and public policy, he argues for technology that is adapted to people rather than forcing people to adapt to poorly conceived systems. The book won the 2004 National Business Book Award.
Hardcover with dust jacket and black-and-white illustrations. The photographed interior includes diagrams and reproduced interface examples that help explain the book's ideas. ISBN 0-676-97489-9.
Very Good overall, with light edge and corner wear visible on the dust jacket and an “Autographed” sticker on the front. The photographed title, copyright, and representative illustrated pages appear clean, with no annotations or staining visible beyond the author's signature. Please check all photographs carefully, as they form part of the description.
