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The imagineers of war : the untold history of DARPA, the Pentagon agency that changed the world Cover Image Book Book

The imagineers of war : the untold history of DARPA, the Pentagon agency that changed the world / Sharon Weinberger.

Weinberger, Sharon, (author.).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780385351799 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: x, 475 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2017.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Prologue: Guns and money -- Scientia potentia est -- Mad men -- Mad scientists -- Society for the correction of Soviet excesses -- Welcome to the jungle -- Ordinary genius -- Extraordinary genius -- Up in flames -- Worldwide laboratory -- Blame it on the sorcerers -- Monkey business -- Bury it -- Bunny, the witch, and the war room -- Invisible war -- Top secret flying machines -- Synthetic war -- Vanilla world -- Fantasy world -- Return of Voldemort -- Epilogue: glorious failure, inglorious success.

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