Discovering Artillery
Written by Robert Wilkinson-Latham
Format: Trade Paperback, 72 pages
On Sale: September 23, 2008
Price: $11.95
Artillery has been an important part of the armament of the British and European armies since the fourteenth century. This book describes the development of artillery from the primitive
pot-de-fer of 1326 and other early cannons to the larger firing equipment of the First World War. Covering a wide range of...
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The Hunt for Zero Point
Inside the Classified World of Antigravity Technology
Written by Nick Cook
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $14.95
This riveting work of investigative reporting and history exposes classified government projects to build gravity-defying aircraft--which have an uncanny resemblance to flying saucers.
The atomic bomb was not the only project to occupy government scientists in the 1940s. Antigravity technology, originally spearheaded by scientists in Nazi Germany, was another high priority, one...
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The Hunt for Zero Point
Inside the Classified World of Antigravity Technology
Written by Nick Cook
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: August 12, 2003
Price: $14.95
This riveting work of investigative reporting and history exposes classified government projects to build gravity-defying aircraft--which have an uncanny resemblance to flying saucers.
The atomic bomb was not the only project to occupy government scientists in the 1940s. Antigravity technology, originally spearheaded by scientists in Nazi Germany, was another high priority, one...
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Rescuing Prometheus
Four Monumental Projects that Changed Our World
Written by Thomas P. Hughes
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: March 14, 2000
Price: $19.00
"A rare insight into industrial planning on a huge scale...Excellent." --
The EconomistRescuing Prometheus is an eye-opening and marvelously informative look at some of the technological projects that helped shape the modern world. Thomas P. Hughes focuses on four postwar projects whose vastness and complexity inspired new technology, new organizations, and new management...
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