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For the past half century, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has been the power of the nation and a reflection of America's most high-tech military might. Through interviews with retired and non-retired scientists, the author records the history of DARPA, the world's most powerful military technology and production agency, such as neuroscientists building artificial brains, cell biologists working on limb regeneration, and Nobel Prize winners inventing lasers; such as the role of Agent Orange and electronic barriers on the Vietnam battlefield, anti-terrorism insect robots, rockets with smart cameras, full of war and advanced computer programs. It tells the debates about DARPA's research from the beginning of the Cold War to the present, and the mysterious and arduous process from debates to scientific experiments to the successful development of an invention. Like a spy novel full of intrigue and high risks, Jacobson writes the history of DARPA as a fascinating testimony of human wisdom; like a history of military science, describing the endless industrial revolution and the great progress of military creation; like a blueprint depicting the future of mankind, each of DARPA's innovative inventions represents the infinite space for future development.