{"product_id":"rescuing-prometheus-four-monumental-projects-that-changed-our-world-paperback","title":"Rescuing Prometheus: Four Monumental Projects that Changed Our World - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas P. Hughes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A rare insight into industrial planning on a huge scale...Excellent.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRescuing Prometheus\u003c\/b\u003e 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas 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 \u003cb\u003eAmerican Genesis: A Century of Invention and Technology\u003c\/b\u003e. Currently a Distinguished Visiting Professor at MIT, he lives in Philadelphia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 5 x 8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 14, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52549796790546,"sku":"9780679739388","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/2211\/5346\/files\/sLEQxRAYho9780679739388.webp?v=1785205531","url":"https:\/\/ckbookstore.net\/products\/rescuing-prometheus-four-monumental-projects-that-changed-our-world-paperback","provider":"CK BOOKSTORE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}