Screen LibraryWeapons grade：how modern warfare gave birth to our high-tech world
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Carroll & Graf,
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| Publisher Address: | New York |
| Publication Dates: | 2005. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xiv, 402 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0786715618 |
| Index Number: | E92 |
| CLC: | E92 |
| Call Number: | E92/H199 |
| Contents: |
Includes Bibliographical references (p. 393-394) and index. Rocket science : V-2 to E4 -- Air raids to airliners -- Computing : codebreaking to netsurfing -- Death rays to DVDs -- Ultimate power -- Flights of fancy -- UFOs and secret technology -- The next computing revolution -- Non-lethal death rays -- Vortex rings -- Mach 10 airliners and space tourism -- Information warfare -- Catching new waves -- Robots in the air -- Tools for terrorists -- Nanotechnology : the future is small. |