Endless Frontier: Vannevar Bush, Engineer of the American Century

by G. Pascal Zachary

Book Overview

A prodigiously researched biography of Vannevar Bush, one of America's most awe-inspiring polymaths and the secret force behind the biggest technological breakthroughs of the twentieth century.

As the inventor and public entrepreneur who launched the Manhattan Project, helped to create the military-industrial complex, conceived a permanent system of government support for science and engineering, and anticipated both the personal computer...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501196456
• ISBN13: 9781501196454
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: Free Press
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher