Science Goes to War: The Search for the Ultimate Weapon, from Greek Fire to Star Wars - Couverture rigide

Volkman, Ernest

 
9780471410072: Science Goes to War: The Search for the Ultimate Weapon, from Greek Fire to Star Wars
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ISBN 10 : 0471410071 ISBN 13 : 9780471410072
Editeur : John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2002

Synopsis

"It was a thing blameworthy, shameful and barbarous, worthy of severe punishment before God and Man, to wish to bring to perfection an art damageable to one's neighbor and destructive to the human race." This anguished statement from the fifteenth-century Italian mathematician known as Tartaglia, who created the science of ballistics, might have come from any one of thousands of brilliant scientists who, throughout history, have applied their genius to the art of war. Every advance in weaponry from the bronze sword to the stealth bomber has been the product of science, and it is likely that without the pressure of war, science as we know it would not exist. Science Goes to War examines the moral dilemmas, knotty technological problems, and pragmatic necessities that have punctuated the inseparable histories of science and warfare. This remarkably comprehensive volume recounts the 4,000-year quest for the ultimate weapon and reveals how this eternal arms race has both exploited and contributed to "pure" science. Highlights among the many compelling stories in Science Goes to War include: Archimedes and the defense of Syracuse Galileo and the first military R&D laboratory Emperor Meiji and the technological transformation of Japan The Manhattan Project

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À propos de l?auteur

ERNEST VOLKMAN is an award--winning journalist and former national correspondent for Newsday covering national security issues. He was a contributing editor for Defense Science and Military Science and Technology magazines and has written for Omni. His previous books include Spies: The Secret Agents Who Changed the Course of History and Espionage: The Greatest Spy Operations of the Twentieth Century, both published by Wiley.

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Éditeur
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Date d'édition
2002
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0471410071
ISBN 13 
9780471410072
Reliure
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Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
278
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