Robert Buderi

ROBERT BUDERI is Editor at large for technology Review magazine. the
former BusinessWeek technology editor is the author of the Engines of
Tomorrow and The Invention That Changed the World 1996). Part of the
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation’s Technology Series, the acclaimed book
chronicles the story of MIT’s Radiation Laboratory ‘ home to the
development of microwave radar during World War II ‘ and examines
radar’s impact on the war and post-war science and technology. Mr.
Buderi’s articles have appeared in numerous national and international
publications including Newsweek, Time, Sports Illustrated, The
Economist, Science, Nature, and The Atlantic Monthly. He served as
advisor to the British Broadcasting Corporation’s Science at War
documentary series, and as a member of the selection committee of the
Knight Science Journalism Fellowships at MIT ‘ and now sits on the
program’s advisory board. In the fall of 2001, Mr. Buderi began a four-
year term on MIT’s Visiting Committee for the Humanities. While at
BusinessWeek, he was a member of the team that won the 1992 National
Magazine Award for the Quality Imperative. In 1986-87, Mr. Buderi was a
Vannevar Bush Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He
holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of California at Davis and
a Master’s degree from the University of Arizona.