Patrick Blackett : sailor, scientist, and socialist /

This edited volume comprises a series of essays about Patrick Maynard Stewart Blackett, one of the greatest scientists of the 20th century, as well as a prominent figure in the Royal Navy and British politics.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Hore, Peter
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; Portland, OR : F. Cass, 2003.
Subjects:
Blackett, P. M. S. > (Patrick Maynard Stuart), > Baron Blackett, > 1897-1974.
Blackett, P. M. S. > (Patrick Maynard Stuart), > Baron Blackett, > 1897-1974
Great Britain. > Royal Navy > Officers > Biography.
Great Britain. > Royal Navy.
1939-1945
Physicists > Great Britain > Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 > Science.
Operations research.
Operations Research
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Sciences.
Recherche opérationnelle.
SCIENCE > Physics > General.
SCIENCE > Mechanics > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Science & Technology.
SCIENCE > Energy.
Armed Forces > Officers.
Physicists.
Science.
Great Britain.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword by Tam Dalyell MP; Acknowledgements; Boy Blackett; The Selborne Scheme: The Education of the Boy; One of Fisher's Revolutions: The Education of the Navy; Blackett at Sea; The Midshipman and the Secret Gadget; Blackett at Cambridge; Preparations for War; Blackett and the Black Arts; A Clash of Cultures: The Case for Large Convoys; The Case against Area Bombing; The Father of Operational Research; Blackett and Nuclear Strategy; Blackett in India: Thinking Strategically about New Conflicts; A Physicist in the Corridors of Power.
  • The Scientific Context of Blackett's AchievementsThe Reluctant Peer in Politics; Notes on Contributors; Index.

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