Rescuing Prometheus Four Monumental Projects That Changed Our World

Name: Rescuing Prometheus Four Monumental Projects That Changed Our World
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ISBN: 9780679739388

ISBN-10: 0679739386

ISBN-13: 9780679739388

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Authors: Thomas P. Hughes

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

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List price: $18.95
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 3/14/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 5.22" wide x 7.96" long x 1.01" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Thomas P. Hughes is Professor of the History and Sociology of Science at the University of Pennsylvania.