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The inspiration for Christopher Nolan's new film Oppenheimer, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction! Physicist and polymath, as... Læs mere
Hvorfor skal vi købe nye kampfly, hvilke politiske dagsordener spiller ind, hvad er det for fly vi kigger på og hvad er deres styrker og svagheder? Det er nogle... Læs mere
Hvorfor skal vi købe nye kampfly, hvilke politiske dagsordener spiller ind, hvad er det for fly vi kigger på og hvad er deres styrker og svagheder? Det er nogle... Læs mere
Using the latest technical, ballistic, and tactical research available, this book defines the reasons why the M4/M4A1 achieved its ascendancy, but also analyzes the question marks that hang over the weapon's future.
Featuring specially commissioned color artwork and drawing upon a range of sources, this engaging study casts new light on the origins, development, construction, and use of the bayonet in warfare from the mid-17th century onwards.
Based on fieldwork at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, this book takes the reader inside the top-secret culture of a nuclear... Læs mere
In Throwing Fire, historian Alfred W. Crosby looks at hard, accurate throwing and the manipulation of fire as unique human capabilities, allowing us to create simple weapons and atomic bombs, and to venture into space.
In Throwing Fire, historian Alfred W. Crosby looks at hard, accurate throwing and the manipulation of fire as unique human capabilities, allowing us to create simple weapons and atomic bombs, and to venture into space.
Employing five case studies of emerging-technology weapons--chemical and biological, strategic bombing, and nuclear... Læs mere
Documents the forging of a fresh relationship between technology and politics in Revolutionary France, and the inauguration of a distinctively modern form of the 'technological life'.
The chipped stone projectile points that Native Americans fastened to the ends of their spears, darts and arrow shafts are the most common... Læs mere
Discusses the uses, history, and the impact on history of repeating rifles.