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The Department of Mad Scientists - How DARPA Is Remaking Our World, from the Internet to Artificial Limbs (Paperback) Loot Price: R329
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The Department of Mad Scientists - How DARPA Is Remaking Our World, from the Internet to Artificial Limbs (Paperback): Michael...

The Department of Mad Scientists - How DARPA Is Remaking Our World, from the Internet to Artificial Limbs (Paperback)

Michael P. Belfiore

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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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Imprint: HarperPerennial
Country of origin: United States
Release date: October 2010
First published: November 2010
Authors: Michael P. Belfiore
Dimensions: 203 x 135 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 978-0-06-200065-1
Categories: Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science
Books > Professional & Technical > Technology: general issues > History of engineering & technology
Books > Humanities > History > American history > General
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > History > American history > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
LSN: 0-06-200065-9
Barcode: 9780062000651

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