The Department of Mad Scientists
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America's greatest idea factory isn't Bell Labs, Silicon Valley, or MIT's Media Lab. It's the secretive, Pentagon-led agency known as DARPA. Founded by Eisenhower in response to Sputnik and the Soviet space program, DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) mixes military officers with sneaker-wearing scientists, seeking paradigm-shifting ideas in varied fields—from energy, robotics, and rockets to doctorless operating rooms, driverless cars, and planes that can fly halfway around the world in just a few hours. Michael Belfiore was given unpre-cedented access to write this first-ever popular account of DARPA. The Department of Mad Scientists contains material that has barely been reported in the general media—in fact, only 2 percent of Americans know much of anything about the agency. But as this fascinating read demonstrates, DARPA isn't so much frightening as it is inspiring—it is our future.
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The Department of Mad Scientists, Michael Belfiore
- Langue
- Année de publication
- 2010
- Reliure
- (souple)
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- Titre
- The Department of Mad Scientists
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Michael Belfiore
- Éditeur
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publié
- 2010
- Format
- souple
- Pages
- 320
- ISBN10
- 0062000659
- ISBN13
- 9780062000651
- Séries
- Catégories
- Mots clés
- Thème historique, La nature, Science, États-Unis, Prose de guerre, Technologie, Observation de la nature, Histoire sociale, Histoire des sciences, Gouvernance, Radio, Histoire des sciences naturelles
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- America's greatest idea factory isn't Bell Labs, Silicon Valley, or MIT's Media Lab. It's the secretive, Pentagon-led agency known as DARPA. Founded by Eisenhower in response to Sputnik and the Soviet space program, DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) mixes military officers with sneaker-wearing scientists, seeking paradigm-shifting ideas in varied fields—from energy, robotics, and rockets to doctorless operating rooms, driverless cars, and planes that can fly halfway around the world in just a few hours. Michael Belfiore was given unpre-cedented access to write this first-ever popular account of DARPA. The Department of Mad Scientists contains material that has barely been reported in the general media—in fact, only 2 percent of Americans know much of anything about the agency. But as this fascinating read demonstrates, DARPA isn't so much frightening as it is inspiring—it is our future.