The Rise and Fall of American Technology
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Rating | : | 4.32 (604 Votes) |
Asin | : | 0875867537 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 200 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2017-02-07 |
Language | : | English |
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. He is currently on the Board of Advisers of the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of California, Riverside. Dr. Gref’s career spans four decades as a developer, manager and consultant in research and development applied to defense, space and intelligence needs. Lynn G. Earlier, a
Then, illustrating how the current decline began, he delineates the impacts this decline may have on America's future and highlights the strategies that can help us now.. Describing how technology gets developed, he explains America's rise to global dominance in technology and salutes its golden age with an overview of many breakthroughs that improved our standard of living and lifted every boat. He outlines the role that technology has played in the economy of the United States and explains how theory evolves into products. How did America rise to global dominance in technology, and what happened since then? What feeds technological advancement
He is currently on the Board of Advisers of the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of California, Riverside. About the Author Dr. Lynn G. He has served on the Army Science Board, a panel member of several studies of the Naval Studies Board of the National Academy of Sciences and a member of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (C3I)’s 2000 Joint Senior Advisory Group. . Gref’s career spans four decades as a developer, manager and consultant in research and development applied to defense, space and intelligence needs. As manager of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s non-NASA business, he oversaw a wide-range of technology developments including the active-pixel CCD at the heart of today’s cell phone cameras. Earlier, as a lead investigator on an effort for the Director of ARPA, he provided landmark recommendatio