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

Weinberger, Sharon (author.).

Record details

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

Content descriptions

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.