Rescuing Prometheus - Hardcover

Hughes, Thomas Parke

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0679411518 ISBN 13: 9780679411512

Verlag: Pantheon Books, 1998

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Book by Hughes Thomas P

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The author shows how the so-called "military-industrial complex" succeeded in revolutionizing aerospace, computers, and communications by changing how technology was used, understood, and managed in business, industry, and government. 17,500 first printing.

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ell address, President    Dwight Eisenhower warned against the dangers posed by the "military-industrial-university complex."  His warning became a rallying cry of liberal dissent and, for some, this partnership became the most ominous aspect of what came to be known as the "establishment."
        Rescuing Prometheus presents a radically different view of the alliances behind the large-scale technological and scientific undertakings of the post-World War II era.  In his analysis of the accomplishments of this coalition, Thomas Hughes shows how aerospace, computing, and communications were revolutionized.  He explains how the design and development of four projects in particular led to a new understanding of technology:  The SAGE air-defense project fostered the first interactive, digital computer designed for information processing; the Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile

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• Verlag: Pantheon Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0679411518
• ISBN 13: 9780679411512
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 372