Introduction : Purpose, scope, and structure
Part I. The aviation paradox
Catastrophic technologies : the rise of reliability as a variable of consequence
Finitism and failure : on the logical implausibility of ultrahigh reliability
The aviation paradox : on the impossible reliability of jetliners
Part II. Confronting ultrahigh reliability
Organizing aviation safety : reliability requirements and logics
When the chick hits the fan : testing and the problem of relevance
The sum of all parts : modeling reliability with redundancy
Rational accidents : on finitism's catastrophic implications
Part III. Mastering ultrahigh reliability
Paradox resolved : transcending the limits of tests and models
Design stability revisited : context, caveats, composites, and Concorde
Safety costs : the structural foundations of ultrareliable design
Incentives in action : on deficient 737s and neglected survivability
Part IV. Reckoning with catastrophic technologies
Burdens of proof : the hidden costs of positivism
The myth of mastery : on the underappreciated limits of technological ambition
Fukushima revisited : reaping the whirlwinds of certainty
