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The Department Of Mad Scientists: How DARPA Is Remaking Our World, From The Internet To Artificial Limbs (2009)

by Michael Belfiore(Favorite Author)

3.5 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0061577936 (ISBN13: 9780061577932)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Smithsonian

review 1: This is a fantastic look at a government organization that has been responsible for creating some of the technologies that now shape our everyday lives like GPS and the Internet. It also provides insight into some of the projects currently underway such as self-driving cars and hypersonic jets and into what the world of tomorrow might look like. Well written, easy to follow, and incredibly interesting I couldn't put this book down.
review 2: A book that SHOULD be a lot more interesting than it actually is, it's best passages concern the founding of the agency, its tumultuous early history and its role in the Information revolution. It quickly devolves, however, into a catalog of flashy demos, and features some strangely egocentric extended passages by the auth... moreor (I'm so sorry it was difficult to contact the Darpa public relations office. Being a writer sounds hard.) Finally, while tele-surgery, artificial limbs and ramjets are interesting, they're covered better in your average episode of Nova. less

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