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Index
Title Page
Table of Contents
PREFACE
PART I - THE BACKGROUND
CHAPTER 1 - THE YARD
CHAPTER 2 - BUILDING THE GREAT LEVIATHAN
FLOATING PALACES
THE LEVIATHAN OF THE GOLDEN AGE
THE SHIPBUILDING BASICS
THE FIRST INDUSTRY APPROVAL RATINGS: DID TITANIC PASS?
SAFETY FIRST: TITANIC’S “UNSINKABLE” FEATURES
CHAPTER 3 - WHAT THE TITANIC WAS MADE OF
THE BASICS
THE EMERGENCE OF THE STEEL AGE
CHAPTER 4 - THE RIVETING PROCESS
THE BASICS
THE RIVETING PROCESS
THE INSPECTION PROCESS
CHAPTER 5 - HARLAND & WOLFF’S PROTOCOLS
THE RIVETING PLAN
PART II - THE FACTS
CHAPTER 6 - APRIL 14, 1912—WHAT ARE THE FACTS?
A SEA OF SPECULATION: THE CURSE OF EYEWITNESS TESTIMONY
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE WITNESSES
CHAPTER 7 - MATERIALS INVESTIGATION
1991
1996
1998
2000
2001
2004
CHAPTER 8 - DISTILLING THE FACTS
PART III - THE ANALYSIS
CHAPTER 9 - THE 300-FOOT GASH
ICE VS. STEEL: WHAT DOES SCIENCE TELL US?
WILDING’S CONTRIBUTION: HOW FAST WOULD THE SHIP SINK?
THE UNDERWATER EVIDENCE BUILDS
CHAPTER 10 - HULL STEEL = BRITTLE STEEL?
ROUND ONE
ROUND TWO
ROUND THREE
CHAPTER 11 - DOES THE ANSWER LIE WITH THE RIVETS?
RECAP OF THE FACTS
PROBING FOR CLUES
CHAPTER 12 - THE COLLISION SCENARIO
PROBABILITIES AND POSSIBILITIES
PART IV - THE REST OF THE STORY
CHAPTER 13 - OTHER TIDBITS YOU MAY HAVE HEARD ABOUT
THE COAL BUNKER FIRE
BOTTOMING OF THE TITANIC
THE BREAKUP
CHAPTER 14 - AS THE METAL RUSTS
AS THE METAL RUSTS: WHAT IS CORROSION?
THE ENVIRONMENT OF AN OCEAN WRECK SITE
AS THE OOZE FORMS: BIOLOGICALLY ASSISTED CORROSION AND RUSTICLES
DOCUMENTATION OF THE WRECK
STABILITY OF THE WRECK: HOW IS SHE HOLDING TOGETHER?
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
GLOSSARY
WHO’S WHO - in What Really Sank the Titanic
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Copyright Page
Notes
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