Author: Gregg Pascal Zachary

Price: $39.11

Category:Historical Biographies
Publication Date:1997-09-03T00:00:01Z
Pages:528
Binding:Hardcover
ISBN:10:0684828219
ISBN:13:9780684828213
One of the founders of the military-industrial complex, Vannevar Bush inspired the personal computer and the Internet, and was arguably the most famous engineer in this century of engineers. Zachary traces Bush's life from his early days as an amateur inventor to vice chairman of M.I.T. to inventory of some of the earliest high-powered computers to Washington, where he oversaw the Manhattan Project. 16 pages of photos.