Rescuing Prometheus Four Monumental Projects that Changed Our World 2000.pdf

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1、AcclaimforThomasP.Hughes’sRescuingPrometheus“Impressive.…Astudied,case-basedcelebrationofgiantsystemsandtheirgung-hoarchitects.”—AcrosstheBoard“RescuingPrometheusisaninterestingbookthatportraysauniqueperiodintheUnitedStateswhennewapproachestodifficultproblemsledtounparalleledadvancesinmanagem

2、ent.”—TheCourier-Journal“[A]thoughtfulandoriginalbook.”—LibraryJournal“Hughes,aPulitzerPrizefinalist…extendshiseffortsatchroniclingthehistoryoftechnologydevelopmentwiththisnewtitle.Thebookprovidesanin-depthlookatthecreationofthepioneeringSemiautomaticGroundEnvironmentdefensesystem;thefirstint

3、ercontinentalballisticmissile,calledAtlas;amajorhighwayconstructionprojectthatisburrowingatunnelunderthecityofBoston;andthecomputernetworkthatlaidthefoundationfortoday’sInternet.”—MorningStar-Telegram“Hughesisconvincing.”—ChicagoTribuneThomasP.HughesRescuingPrometheusThomasP.HughesisEmeritusM

4、ellonProfessoroftheHistoryandSociologyofScienceattheUniversityofPennsylvaniaandaFellowoftheAmericanAcademyofArtsandSciences.HisbooksincludeAmericanGenesis:ACenturyofInventionandTechnologicalEnthusiasm.CurrentlyaDistinguishedVisitingProfessoratMIT,helivesinPhiladelphia.AlsobyThomasP.HughesAmer

5、icanGenesis:ACenturyofInventionandTechnologicalEnthusiasmElmerSperry:InventorandEngineerNetworksofPower:ElectrificationinWesternSociety,1880–1930LewisMumford:PublicIntellectual(withAgathaHughes)FIRSTVINTAGEBOOKSEDITION,MARCH2000Copyright©1998byThomasP.HughesAllrightsreservedunderInternational

6、andPan-AmericanCopyrightConventions.PublishedintheUnitedStatesbyVintageBooks,adivisionofRandomHouse,Inc.,NewYork,andsimultaneouslyinCanadabyRandomHouseofCanadaLimited,Toronto.OriginallypublishedinhardcoverintheUnitedStatesbyPantheonBooks,adivisionofRandomHouse,Inc.,NewYork,in1998.Vintageandco

7、lophonareregisteredtrademarksofRandomHouse,Inc.Gratefulacknowledgmentismadetothefollowingforpermissiontoreprintpreviouslypublishedmaterial:AviationWeek&SpaceTechnology:Excerptsfrom“Humanvs.Hardware”byDeanS.Warren(AviationWeek&SpaceTechnology,