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Author: Barry Parker
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Imprint: Prometheus Books
Dimensions:
Width: 16.20cm
, Height: 2.70cm
, Length: 23.10cm
Weight: 0.694kg
ISBN: 9781616148034
ISBN 10: 1616148039
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 07 January 2014
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
Since ancient times, war and technology have gone hand in hand, each driving the other. In this fascinating volume Barry Parker shows how generals from ancient Egypt to contemporary America have relied upon scientific principles to fight and win wars. This book illuminates an essential element of military history. --Benjamin Ginsberg, Bernstein Professor of Political Science, Johns Hopkins University, author of The Value of Violence Praise for Parker's previous books: A sprightly and intelligible account of quantum physics and what it has wrought. --Washington Times A lively history...Parker's ability to take the most complex notion and simplify it for the general-interest audience makes for an incredibly accessible read. --Midwest Book Review Remarkably concise and clear...a thrilling tale.... If you want to find out where we stand now...you could do no better than read this well-written and accessible account. --New Scientist
Praise for his previous books: <br><br> A sprightly and intelligible account of quantum physics and what it has wrought. <br> --Washington Times <br><br> A lively history...Parker's ability to take the most complex notion and simplify it for the general-interest audience makes for an incredibly accessible read. <br> --Midwest Book Review <br><br> Remarkably concise and clear...a thrilling tale.... If you want to find out where we stand now...you could do no better than read this well-written and accessible account. <br> --New Scientist
"""""Since ancient times, war and technology have gone hand in hand, each driving the other. In this fascinating volume Barry Parker shows how generals from ancient Egypt to contemporary America have relied upon scientific principles to fight and win wars. This book illuminates an essential element of military history.""--Benjamin Ginsberg, Bernstein Professor of Political Science, Johns Hopkins University, author of The Value of ViolencePraise for Parker's previous books: ""A sprightly and intelligible account of quantum physics and what it has wrought."" --Washington Times""A lively history...Parker's ability to take the most complex notion and simplify it for the general-interest audience makes for an incredibly accessible read."" --Midwest Book Review""Remarkably concise and clear...a thrilling tale.... If you want to find out where we stand now...you could do no better than read this well-written and accessible account."" --New Scientist"
Author Information
Barry Parker (Pocatello, ID) is an award-winning science writer and the author of twenty-seven highly acclaimed popular science books, including Science 101- Physics; Albert Einstein's Vision- Remarkable Discoveries That Shaped Modern Science; Einstein- The Passions of a Scientist; Einstein's Brainchild- Relativity Made Relatively Easy!; and Quantum Legacy- The Discovery That Changed Our Universe. He is professor emeritus of physics at Idaho State University.
