The Department of Mad Scientists - How Darpa Is Remaking Our World, from the Internet to Artificial Limbs

From Smithsonian Books, The Department of Mad Scientists is the first trade book ever on DARPA--the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency--the maverick and controversial agency whose futuristic work has had amazing military and civilian application, from the Internet to GPS to driverless cars. Michael Belfiore, author of Rocketeers , visited science research sites across the country to provide this unprecedented look at the people who shape our country''s future technology.>

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Michael Belfiore is one of only a handful of freelance journalists covering commercial spaceflight. Born in 1969—the year Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong walked on the moon—Belfiore has always been fascinated by space travel. He lives with his family in Woodstock, New York.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Michael Belfiore, Michael P. Belfiore
• Verlag: Harper Perennial USA
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 02.11.2010
• EAN: 9780062000651
• ISBN: 978-0-06-200065-1
• Seiten: 320
• Abmessung: 135 mm x 203 mm x 20 mm
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Naturwissenschaften allgemein; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; Science: general issues, military history, Memoirs, History of Science, History of engineering and technology, Nature and the natural world: general interest, Inventions and inventors, Engineering: general, Biography: historical, political and military, Biography: science, technology and medicine, Radio technology, Scientific research, HISTORY: Social History, NATURE: Essays, SCIENCE: General, SCIENCE: Essays, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Science & Technology, SCIENCE: History, SCIENCE: Research & Methodology, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING: Engineering (General), HISTORY: Military / Strategy, SCIENCE: Applied Sciences, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING: Radio