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Simon Ramo is exceptionally well qualified to write of the challenges to the nation as it seeks to regain its world leadership in science and the new technology. He writes from a background of more than fifty years' experience at General Electric, Hughes Aircraft, and TRW-which he co-founded and of working closely with leaders in the highest councils of government. In these years he participated actively in the growing and inevitable relation between science, business, and government since the cost of research and development has grown beyond the capability of even the largest corporation.
Dr. Ramo's incisive recollections are full of warmth and humor, never more so than in the rueful description of his relationship with Howard Hughes. He brings to life innumerable meetings in Washington over the years, with John von Neumann and other leading scientists, Charles "Engine" Wilson, Robert McNamara, Nelson Rockefeller, Henry Kissinger, Donald Regan, George Shultz, and James Fletcher, among others. Dr. Ramo found government officials for the most part ill equipped to comprehend the impact of science and technology on the country. All too often scientists, engineers, and businessmen spoke a different language from our country's leaders.
ISBN:0809032554