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 and the Internet,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501196456
• ISBN13: 9781501196454
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: Free Press
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher