Rescuing Prometheus
- ISBN-10
- 0679739386
- ISBN-13
- 9780679739388
- Category
- Technology & Engineering
- Pages
- 372
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Author
- Thomas P. Hughes
Description
The author shows how the socalled "militaryindustrial complex" succeeded in revolutionizing aerospace, computers, and communications by changing how technology was used, understood, and managed in business, industry, and government. Reprint.
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