The department of mad scientists : how DARPA, is remaking our world, from the Internet to artificial limbs / Michael Belfiore. --
Record details
- ISBN: 0061577936
- ISBN: 9780061577932
- Physical Description: xxiii, 295 p.
- Edition: 1st ed. --
- Publisher: New York : HarperCollins Publishers, c2009.
Content descriptions
General Note: | "Smithsonian Books." "Harper." |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-281) and index. |
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 34.99 |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | United States. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Science and state > United States. Military research > United States. Research > United States. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Lakeshore Branch | 355.070973 Bel | 31681002053650 | NONFIC | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Details the efforts of DARPA--the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency--a maverick and controversial agency whose futuristic work has had an amazing military and civilian application, from driverless cars to GPS to mind-controlled robotic limbs, in a book by the author ofRocketeers . 20,000 first printing. - Baker & Taylor
Details the efforts of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, a controversial agency whose futuristic work has had an amazing military and civilian application, from driverless cars to mind-controlled robotic limbs. - HARPERCOLL
From Smithsonian Books, The Department of Mad Scientists is the first trade book ever on DARPAâthe Defense Advanced Research Projects Agencyâthe 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 countryâs future technology.