The Science of War : Canadian Scientists and Allied Military Technology during the Second World War.

The Second World War, with its emphasis on innovative weapons and defence technology, brought about massive changes in the role of scientists in Canada, the United States, and Great Britain. Canadian scientists, working through the auspices of the National Research Council and the Department of Nati...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: University of Toronto Press 1998.
Temas:
1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 > Science > Canada.
World War, 1939-1945 > Technology.
Military research > Canada > History.
Military weapons > Canada > History.
World War, 1939-1945 > Canada.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Sciences > Canada.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Technologie.
Recherche militaire > Canada > Histoire.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Canada.
Armes de guerre > Canada > Histoire.
HISTORY > Military > Weapons.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
Military weapons
Military research
Military weapons > Research
Science
Technology
Weltkrieg > 1939-1945
Naturwissenschaftler
Militärtechnik
Tweede Wereldoorlog.
Wetenschapsbeoefenaars.
Militaire technologie.
Canada
Kanada
e-books.
History
Livres numériques.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Canada's Defence Scientists: Organizing for War, 1938-1940
  • 2. Building the Defence Science Alliance, 1940-1943
  • 3. Radar Research and Allied Cooperation, 1940-1945
  • 4. Weapons Systems: Proximity Fuses and RDX
  • 5. Chemical Warfare Planning, 1939-1945
  • 6. Canadian Biological and Toxin Warfare Research: Development and Planning, 1939-1945
  • 7. Atomic Research: The Montreal Laboratory, 1942-1946
  • 8. Secrets, Security, and Spies, 1939-1945
  • 9. Scientists, National Security, and the Cold War
  • Appendix 1. Major Military, Political, and Scientific Events
  • Appendix 2. Brief Biographical Sketches.

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