Science Goes to War: The Search for the Ultimate Weapon-From Greek Fire to Star Wars
"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...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0471410071
ISBN13:9780471410072
Release Date:March 2002
Publisher:John Wiley & Sons
Length:278 Pages
Weight:1.20 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
Science Goes to War
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
This was a very interesting book. full of factual information. It studys the whole world in leangthy process not just the US. Says a lot about the A bomb as far back as Da Vinci.
Astounding and frightning must read
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
Absolutely one of the best, most accurate, well-documented, and organized books on the subject of science being "the bringer of evil; the bringer of life." It isn't lite reading, but the knowledge gained from its pages will affect the way you think about the risks and benefits of technology forever. Be strong, be brave, be afraid.
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