The physics of war : from arrows to atoms / Barry Parker.

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Main Author: Parker, Barry R. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, 2014.
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505 0 |a Early wars and the beginning of physics -- Basic physics of early weapons -- The rise and fall of the Roman Empire and early English-French wars -- Gunpowder and cannons: the discovery that changed the art of war and the world -- Three men ahead of their time: Da Vinci, Tartaglia, and Galileo -- From early guns to total destruction and discovery -- The impact of the industrial revolution -- Napoleon's weapons and new breakthroughs in physics -- The American Civil War -- Where does the bullet go: ballistics of rifle bullets and cannon shells -- Hey, look ... it flies!: aerodynamics and the first airplanes -- The machine gun war -- World War I -- The invisible rays: the development and use of radio and radar in war -- Sonar and the submarine -- The great war: World War II -- The atomic bomb -- The hydrogen bomb, intercontinental missiles, lasers, and the future. 
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