| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 330 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword by Tam Dalyell MP; Acknowledgements; Boy Blackett; The Selborne Scheme: The Education of the Boy; One of Fisher's Revolutions: The Education of the Navy; Blackett at Sea; The Midshipman and the Secret Gadget; Blackett at Cambridge; Preparations for War; Blackett and the Black Arts; A Clash of Cultures: The Case for Large Convoys; The Case against Area Bombing; The Father of Operational Research; Blackett and Nuclear Strategy; Blackett in India: Thinking Strategically about New Conflicts; A Physicist in the Corridors of Power. |
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The Scientific Context of Blackett's AchievementsThe Reluctant Peer in Politics; Notes on Contributors; Index. |
| Summary |
This edited volume comprises a series of essays about Patrick Maynard Stewart Blackett, one of the greatest scientists of the 20th century, as well as a prominent figure in the Royal Navy and British politics. |
| Language |
English. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Blackett, P. M. S. (Patrick Maynard Stuart), Baron Blackett, 1897-1974.
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Great Britain. Royal Navy -- Officers -- Biography.
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Blackett, P. M. S. (Patrick Maynard Stuart), Baron Blackett, 1897-1974 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJkXC8vkcbC6BJCGjqq84q |
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Great Britain. Royal Navy |
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Physicists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Science.
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Operations research.
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SCIENCE -- Physics -- General. |
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SCIENCE -- Mechanics -- General. |
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Science & Technology. |
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SCIENCE -- Energy. |
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Armed Forces -- Officers |
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Operations research |
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Physicists |
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Science |
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Great Britain https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJdmp7p3cx8hpmJ8HvmTpP |
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World War (1939-1945) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vBbhpRH9XvjbDFXtxhb |
| Chronological Term |
1939-1945 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Biography
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Biographies
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Hore, Peter.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Patrick Blackett. London ; Portland, OR : F. Cass, 2003 0714653179 (DLC) 2002067626 (OCoLC)49799324 |
| ISBN |
0203508513 (electronic bk.) |
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9780203508510 (electronic bk.) |
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9780714653174 |
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0714653179 |
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9781135774318 (e-book ; Mobi) |
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1135774315 |
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9781135774356 (e-book ; ePub) |
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1135774358 |
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9781135774363 (e-book ; PDF) |
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1135774366 |
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0714653179 (cloth) |
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9781138011168 (paperback) |
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9786610106639 |
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6610106630 |
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1280106638 |
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9781280106637 |
| Standard No. |
10.4324/9780203508510 |
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