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Author Volkman, Ernest.

Title Science goes to war : the search for the ultimate weapon, from Greek fire to Star Wars / Ernest Volkman.

Publication Info. New York ; Chichester : Wiley, [2002]
©2002

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 Moore Stacks  U27 .V64 2002    Available  ---
Description ix, 278 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: the ghost in the machine -- "The valor of men is ended!" -- Bride of faith -- The dragon's teeth -- Outward bound -- The final argument of kings -- Prometheus unchained -- The sorcerer's apprentices -- A thousand suns -- The age of doom -- Afterword: of microbes and thunderbolts.
Subject Weapons -- History.
Weapons.
History.
Onderzoek.
Technologie.
Bewapening.
Ethiek.
Bewapeningswedloop.
Ontwapening.
Wetenschapsbeoefenaars.
Armements -- Histoire.
Course aux armements -- Aspect moral.
Art et science militaires, Effets des innovations sur les.
ISBN 0471410071
9780471410072