ISBN: 9780380978762 - terrors and marvels: how science and technology changed the character and outcome of world war ii (10 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Good. The dreadful global conflagration known as the Second World War was more than the clashing of great armies on bloody battlefields. A different kind of war was being waged in the secret laboratories on both sides of the conflict -- a war that would alter the course and determine the outcome of the bitter hostilities, forever changing our world and future.In a stunning amalgam of science and history, Tom Shachtman, the critically acclaimed author of Absolute Zero and the Conquest of Cold and The Phony War, 1939-1940, gives us a riveting chronicle of World War II's forgotten combatants: the engineers, physicists, chemists, and academics whose contributions to the war effort were as important as the noble sacrifices of the soldiers, sailors, and airmen who bravely risked their lives.While it is a widely accepted fact that America's development and employment of the atomic bomb ended the Pacific struggle -- and that the failure of Hitler's scientists to develop their own A-bomb helped to doom Germany -- little note has been made of the other remarkable scientific accomplishments of this dark and terrible epoch. Beginning with a fascinating overview of the Depression-era struggle to establish scientific and military alliances that would ultimately enable the Allies to catch up to the Axis's early dominance, Terrors and Marvels offers an eye-opening history of the furious battles for technological superiority covertly waged by the world's most brilliant minds.From the creation of faster, deadlier jets and rockets to the development of biological, chemical, and electronic warfare -- from astonishing advances in medical science to breakthroughs in radar and decoding -- the incredible successes and failures that occurred in top-secret facilities around the world in the early 1940s never made headlines but often determined triumph and defeat. Here, also, are the intensely human stories of the architects of the terrifying war machines -- men and women of rare intelligence and integrity torn by the conflicting demands of conscience and country, haunted by their roles in the use and abuse of powerful science.Edifying, enthralling, startling, and sobering, Terrors and Marvels is a masterful work that sheds light on the astonishing achievements of a remarkable few and the great and terrible technology that swung the pendulum of victory in the Allies' direction.…

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Hard Cover. Zustand: Near Fine. DJ Near Fine. 1st Printing. Size: Large Octavo.

Hardcover. Zustand: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped ($26.95 price intact). Published by William Morrow, 2002. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is like new. Dust jacket is like new with small tear on back panel top left corner.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Jacket Condition: 'Good' Condition: 'Near Fine' Notes: Some boxing to covers of jacket.

Zustand: Good. Original gilt lettered black boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrated with some photographs in b/w, 8vo.

Zustand: Good. Original black boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, 8vo.

Zustand: Good. Original black boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, 8vo.

Zustand: Good. Original black boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, 8vo.