文档介绍：Acclaim for Thomas P. Hughes’s
Rescuing Prometheus
“Impressive.… A studied, case-based celebration of giant
systems and their gung-ho architects.”
—Across the Board
“Rescuing Prometheus is an interesting book that portrays a
unique period in the United States when new approaches to
difficult problems led to unparalleled advances in
management.”
—The Courier-Journal
“[A] thoughtful and original book.”
—Library Journal
“Hughes, a Pulitzer Prize finalist … extends his efforts at
chronicling the history of technology development with this
new title. The book provides an in-depth look at the creation
of the pioneering Semiautomatic Ground Environment
defense system; the first intercontinental ballistic missile,
called Atlas; a major highway construction project that is
burrowing a tunnel under the city of Boston; and the
work that laid the foundation for today’s
.”
—Morning Star-Telegram
“Hughes is convincing.”
—Chicago Tribune
Thomas P. Hughes
Rescuing Prometheus
Thomas 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 American Genesis: A
Century of Invention and Technological Enthusiasm.
Currently a Distinguished Visiting Professor at MIT, he lives
in Philadelphia.
Also by Thomas P. Hughes
American Genesis: A Century of Invention and Technological
Enthusiasm
Elmer Sperry: Inventor and Engineer
Networks of Power: Electrification in Western Society,
1880–1930
Lewis Mumford: Public Intellectual (with Agatha Hughes)
FIRST VINTAGE BOOKS EDITION, MARCH 2000
Copyright © 1998 by Thomas P. Hughes
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American
Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by
Vintage Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York,
and simultaneously in Canada by Random House of Canada
Limited, Toronto. Originally published in hardcover in the
United States by