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Rescuing Prometheus
- Four Monumental Projects that Changed Our World
Engelsk Paperback
Rescuing Prometheus
- Four Monumental Projects that Changed Our World
Engelsk Paperback

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"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.
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
384
ISBN-13:
9780679739388
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0679739386
Udg. Dato:
14 mar 2000
Længde:
30mm
Bredde:
202mm
Højde:
132mm
Forlag:
Random House USA Inc
Oplagsdato:
14 mar 2000
Forfatter(e):
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