Instrumental in War: Science, Research, and Instruments Between Knowledge and the World (History of Warfare,) - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 9004142819 ISBN 13: 9789004142817

Casa editrice: BRILL ACADEMIC PUB, 2005

Riassunto

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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Informazioni sull'autore

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.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: BRILL ACADEMIC PUB
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 9004142819
• ISBN 13: 9789004142817
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 416
• Redattore: Walton Steven
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile