Paths of Fire: The Gun and the World It Made - Tapa dura

Nahum, Andrew

 
9781789143973: Paths of Fire: The Gun and the World It Made
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ISBN 10: 1789143977 ISBN 13: 9781789143973
Editorial: Reaktion Books, 2021

Sinopsis

If you squeeze the trigger of a Kalashnikov a bullet is kicked up the barrel by an archaic chemical explosion that would have been quite familiar to Oliver Cromwell or General Custer. The gun, antique, yet contemporary, still dominates the world. Political and international structures and consumer culture have been moulded by research that firearms have provoked; the new science of Galileo and Newton owed much to the Renaissance study of ballistics as well as more recent mass production and artificial intelligence. This book follows the history of the gun from the first cannons, to modern gunnery, to Star Wars and the yet to be realised electrical futures of rays and beams. Published in association with the Science Museum, London.

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Acerca del autor

Andrew Nahum is a curator and historian. He has written extensively on the history of technology and his books include Frank Whittle: The Invention of the Jet, Fifty Cars that Changed the World and Issigonis and the Mini.

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Editorial
Reaktion Books
Año de publicación
2021
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1789143977
ISBN 13 
9781789143973
Encuadernación
Tapa dura
Número de páginas
256
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