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2) The Pentagon's Brain: an uncensored history of DARPA, America's top-secret military research agency
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Annie Jacobsen draws on inside sources, exclusive interviews, private documents, and declassified memos to paint a picture of DARPA, or 'the Pentagon's brain,' from its Cold War inception in 1958 to the present. A compelling narrative about this clandestine intersection of science and the American military and the often frightening results.
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The first-ever inside look at DARPA-the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency-the maverick and controversial group whose futuristic work has had amazing civilian and military applications, from the Internet to GPS to driverless cars
America's greatest idea factory isn't Bell Labs, Silicon Valley, or MIT's Media Lab. It's the secretive, Pentagon-led agency known as DARPA. Founded by Eisenhower in response to Sputnik and the Soviet space program,...
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"Cars that drive themselves might seem like the stuff of science fiction. Yet much of the technology needed to steer cars through traffic, avoid other vehicles, and carry passengers safely to their destinations is already here. Within a few years, people may be able to turn complete control of driving over to their vehicles"--Provided by the publisher.
13) Think Tank Vol 2
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GENETICS Two months after the flashy and brilliant escape from the DARPA funded military think he used to call his home, slacker/genius Dr. David Loren has willingly returned to his lab to continue his work that he not long ago wished to be no part of. When a weapons designer loses his moral compass, who are the true victims of his creations? Collects THINK TANK #4-8 and THINK TANK MILITARY DOSSIER #1.
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"In 2012, Jonathan Gottschall received a strange letter from DARPA, the research and development arm of the United States Department of Defense. What could a military research program possibly want with a literary critic? The letter was an invitation to a conference for a new program called STORYNET, a plan to map how stories affect our brains and use that knowledge to craft narratives that could more effectively drive compliance with military initiatives....
15) City of ruins
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Danger boy volume 4
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IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
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Having traced a dimensional rift to Jerusalem in 583 B.C.E., DARPA sends thirteen-year-old Eli and his friends into the past to try to prevent the unraveling of history and the spread of the deadly slow pox.
16) Así en la tierra
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Davidú sube a un ring por primera vez cuando tiene nueve años. Ha crecido sin su padre -un púgil extraordinario fallecido poco antes de su nacimiento- en una Palermo violenta y luminosa, bajo la protección del gigantesco tío Umbertino y del enigmático abuelo Rosario, que fue prisionero de guerra en ©frica durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Asi en la tierra narra cincuenta años de historia, y reúne una galería de personajes memorables: el...
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