@article{ref1,
title="Accident proneness (Unfallneigung): a classic case of simultaneous discovery/construction in psychology",
journal="Science in context",
year="2008",
author="Burnham, J. C.",
volume="21",
number="1",
pages="99-118",
abstract="Using a striking example from the history of applied psychology, the concept of accident proneness, this paper suggests that historians of science may still find viable the idea of simultaneous discovery or construction of a scientific idea. Accident proneness (Unfallneigung) was discovered independently in Germany and in Britain during the period of World War I. Later on, in 1926, the idea was independently formulated and named in both countries. The evidence shows not only striking simultaneity but true novelty and commensurateness of the two formulations that crystallized at the same time in parallel, but distinctly separate, settings.  <p>Language: en</p>  <p>Cited in: Burnham JC (2009). Accident Prone: A history of technology, psychology, and misfits of the machine age. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN-13: 978-0-226-08117-5. The book was favorably reviewed by David Hemenway in <i>Injury Prevention</i> (2011),  doi: 10.1136/ip.2011.031658.<br><br> Special Thanks to Dr. Burnham for providing an electronic copy of the bibliographic notes that accompany each chapter. This greatly facilitated adding previously unidentified records to the SafetyLit database. SafetyLit users may obtain a listing of the book's references by searching using the following Textword(s) Exact query: &quot;Burnham-Accident-Prone&quot;.</p>",
language="en",
issn="0269-8897",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}