LEADER 00000cam a2200337 a 4500 
001    15630961 
005    20100408110635.0 
008    090501s2009    dcu      b    001 0 eng   
010    2009018015 
020    9780061577932 
020    0061577936 
035    (OCoLC)ocn310399265 
040    DLC|cDLC|dYDX|dMOF|dLMR|dCDX|dSGB|dUPZ|dBWX|dDLC 
043    n-us--- 
050 00 U394.A75|bB45 2009 
100 1  Belfiore, Michael P.,|d1969- 
245 14 The department of mad scientists :|bhow DARPA is remaking 
       our world, from the internet to artificial limbs /
       |cMichael Belfiore. 
250    1st ed. 
260    [Washington, D.C.] :|bSmithsonian Books ;|aNew York :
       |bHarper,|cc2009. 
300    xxiii, 295 p. ;|c24 cm. 
504    Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-281) and 
       index. 
505 0  An arm and a leg -- A special-projects agency -- The 
       intergalactic computer network -- The robot will see you 
       now -- Backseat drivers -- Crazy-ass things -- The final 
       frontier -- Power to the people. 
520    Founded by Eisenhower in response to Sputnik and the 
       Soviet space race, DARPA mixes military officers with 
       sneaker-wearing scientists, seeking paradigm-shifting 
       thinking in a wide variety of fields -- from energy, 
       robotics, and rockets, to peopl 
520    Details the efforts of DARPA--the Defense Advanced 
       Research Projects Agency--a maverick and controversial 
       agency whose futuristic work has had an amazing military 
       and civilian application, from driverless cars to GPS to 
       mind-controlled robotic l 
610 10 United States.|bDefense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
650  0 Science and state|zUnited States. 
856 42 |3Contributor biographical information|uhttp://www.loc.gov
       /catdir/enhancements/fy1007/2009018015-b.html 
856 42 |3Publisher description|uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/
       enhancements/fy1007/2009018015-d.html 
907    .b15630961|b10-06-15|c12-07-11 
945    U394.A75|bB45 2009|g0|i37522005489430|j0|on|p0.00|q-|r-|s-
       |t0|u1|v0|w0|x0|y.i15094194|z04-08-12|llsf 
998    ccq|b12-07-11|cm|db|en|feng|gdcu|h4