Thomas P. Hughes

Rescuing Prometheus

Four Monumental Projects that Changed Our World

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A rare insight into industrial planning on a huge scale...Excellent. --The EconomistRescuing 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… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-307-77326-5
EAN: 9780307773265
Produktnummer: 15737111
Verlag: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
Seitenangabe: 384 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 5'126 KB

Über den Autor

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.