Angie interviews Michael Belfiore, a freelance technical writer whose new book "The Department of Mad Scientists: How DARPA Is Remaking Our World, from the Internet to Artificial Limbs" (Smithsonian Books, 2009) is the first book to go behind the scenes at the Pentagon agency that gave us the Internet, the Global Positioning System, and many other breakthrough technologies that have had a positive impact on society.

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