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Unknown Quantity (2003) is a book by Paul Virilio.

On the cover is a photo from TWA Flight 800.

From the publisher:

"... the increasing development of accidents as an indirect consequence of man's inventions. This exhibition, however, does by no means intend to provide a complete overview of the history of accidents, nor does it explore the many ways in which the accident manifests itself in art. Instead, through a selection of documents and the work of contemporary artists, it aims to open up a discussion on the accident and its impact on our world."

In its pages we find photographs of disasters, such as the one of January 17, 1995 in Nishinomiya, Japan: a collapsed elevated highway after a powerful earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale.

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