Instrumental in War: Science, Research, and Instruments Between Knowledge and the World
Research and instrumentation in warfare since 1500 demonstrates the rise of the scientific military, the complicated interaction with military institutions, and details of how scientists and engineers developed artillery and explosives, surveying and geophysics, pilot testing and siegework, and the role of national and university laboratories.
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-90-04-14281-7
- EAN: 9789004142817
- Produktnummer: 1741658
- Verlag: Brill Academic Pub
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
- Seitenangabe: 416 S.
- Masse: H24.4 cm x B16.5 cm x D3.3 cm 916 g
- Auflage: New
- Reihenbandnummer: 28
- Gewicht: 916
Über den Autor
Steven A. Walton, Ph.D. (1999), Toronto, teaches Science, Technology, and Society at Penn State University. Working on the intersection of military technology and scientific understanding, he currently is working on renaissance gunnery, nineteenth-century American ordnance manufacture, and post-Civil War torpedo research.
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