The heirs of Archimedes : science and the art of war through the Age of Enlightenment /

Essays analyze the connections between science and technology and military power in the late medieval, Renaissance, and Enlightenment periods. The integration of scientific knowledge and military power began long before the Manhattan Project. In the third century BC, Archimedes was renowned for his...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Steele, Brett D., Dorland, Tamera
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2005.
Series:Dibner Institute studies in the history of science and technology.
Subjects:
Military art and science > Europe > History.
Science > History.
Technology > History.
Art et science militaires > Europe > Histoire.
Sciences > Histoire.
Technologie > Histoire.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
Military art and science.
Science.
Technology.
Europe.
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/History of Science
History.
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