9780698108967 - The Wizard War: British Scientific Intelligence, 1939-1945 (11 risultati)

Condizione: Good. Illus. With Photos (illustratore). Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condizione: Fair. Illus. With Photos (illustratore). Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.

hardcover. Condizione: Good. Illus. With Photos (illustratore). h.

HARDBACK GREY. Condizione: . JACKET: GOOD. Illus. With Photos (illustratore). 2ND IMP. General wear, creasing to DJ edges, scratched DJ cover, good silver lettering to spine, soiling to covers DATE PUBLISHED: 1978 EDITION: 2ND IMP 556.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Illus. With Photos (illustratore). 1st Edition. Clean, crisp, tight hardcover in very good condition; light sunning at edges, small light stain on upper text block edge. Very good DJ in mylar cover; light edge wear, mild age-toning.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Illus. With Photos (illustratore). Wear commensurate with age and use. Clean unmarked copy. Light bumping visible to corners of boards and ends of spine strip. Light scuffing and smudging to boards and spine strip. This could have light cosmetic flaws, but remains in good condition. Dust jacket condition is Good. This copy is the First Edition THUS of the published work. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hard. Condizione: Good-. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good+. Illus. With Photos (illustratore). First American Edition (stated). If one were to read this book without any knowledge of its origin, it would be easy to categorize it as an exceptional World War II spy novel - complete with secret reports, raids, heroes, villains and scientific experiments. The facts are, however, stranger than fiction. This book is not a work of fiction - it is the true stories of those brave souls working behind the scenes and endangering their lives to defeat a common foe - the war machine known as Germany. Touted as the man "who broke the bloody beam", R.V. Jones not only illustrates his contribution to the war effort on behalf of Britain it also includes the many others sacrificing all. The dj has some yellowing at the folds, microtears, edgewear and a small closed tear [1/4 inch on front]. The dj is not price clipped. It is 556 pages including b/w illustrations and photos. Images available upon request. Dj neatly encased in acid free Brodart book protector. Size: 8 Vo. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Lynn Hollyn (Jacket Design) (illustratore). First American Edition. xx, 556 pages. Illustrations. Notes. Glossary. Index. DJ somewhat worn and soiled: small edge tears/chips. From 1939 to 1945, the author was Head of Scientific Intelligence on Britain's Air Staff and Scientific Advisor to M16. Reginald Victor Jones (29 September 1911 - 17 December 1997) was a British physicist and scientific military intelligence expert who played an important role in World War II. In September 1939, the British assigned a scientist to the Intelligence section of the Air Ministry. No scientist had previously worked for an intelligence service. Jones rose to become Assistant Director of Intelligence (Science) there. During the course of the Second World War he was closely involved with the scientific assessment of enemy technology, and the development of offensive and countermeasures technology. He solved a number of tough Scientific and Technical Intelligence problems during World War II and is generally known today as the "father of S&T Intelligence". Derived form a Kirkus review: Revelations about British scientific intelligence activities during World War II by the man who was the head of scientific intelligence on Britain's Air Staff and scientific adviser to MI6. He began by doing original research on the uses of infra-red as a kind of radar for detecting the movements of planes and enabling them to navigate at night. It was Churchill who called this battle of scientific secrets "the wizard war." The first big enemy secret weapon Jones tried to investigate was a radio-controlled torpedo--but no one in the Service Ministries took him seriously. Then it became apparent that Germany was sending out two radio beams by which the Luftwaffe's night bombers could safely, attack England, and so began the "Battle of the Beams." Jones located the sources of these radio beams and devised a counter-signal that jammed the German beams and deprived the bombers of their accuracy. His observations led to the famous Bruneval night raid and the first British exposure to the state of German radar technology. Soon the Germans were sending V-1 and V-2 rockets against London, and Jones was on their trail.

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Condizione: Gut. Illus. With Photos (illustratore). Third Edition. Alle Bücher & Medienartikel von Book Broker sind stets in gutem & sehr gutem gebrauchsfähigen Zustand. Die Ausgabe des gelieferten Exemplars kann um bis zu 10 Jahre vom angegebenen Veröffentlichungsjahr abweichen und es kann sich um eine abweichende Auflage handeln. Unser Produktfoto entspricht dem hier angebotenen Artikel, dieser weist folgende Merkmale auf: Altersentsprechend nachgedunkelte/saubere Seiten in fester Bindung. Ohne Schutzumschlag. Leichte Gebrauchsspuren. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 907 Gebundene Ausgabe, Maße: 23.5 cm x 6.35 cm x 15.88 cm.