Rescuing Prometheus - Couverture rigide

Hughes, Thomas Parke

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0679411518 ISBN 13 : 9780679411512

Editeur : Pantheon Books, 1998

Synopsis

The author shows how the so-called "military-industrial complex" succeeded in revolutionizing aerospace, computers, and communications by changing how technology was used, understood, and managed in business, industry, and government. 17,500 first printing.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

"A rare insight into industrial planning on a huge scale...Excellent." -- The Economist

Rescuing Prometheus is an eye-opening and marvelously informative look at some of the technological projects that helped shape the modern world.  Thomas P. Hughes focuses on four postwar projects whose vastness and complexity inspired new technology, new organizations, and new management styles.  The first use of computers to run systems was developed for the SAGE air defense project.  The Atlas missile project was so complicated it required the development of systems engineering in order to complete it.  The Boston Central Artery/Tunnel Project tested systems engineering in the complex crucible of a large scale civilian roadway.  And finally, the origins of the Internet fostered the collegial management style that later would take over Silicon Valley and define the modern computer industry.  With keen insight, Hughes tells these fascinating stories while providing a riveting history of modern technology and the management systems that made it possible.

Biographie de l'auteur

Thomas P. Hughes is Emeritus Mellon Professor of the History and Sociology of Science at the University of Pennsylvania and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His books include American Genesis: A Century of Invention and Technology. Currently a Distinguished Visiting Professor at MIT, he lives in Philadelphia.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pantheon Books
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0679411518
• ISBN 13: 9780679411512
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 372
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible