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1ST GOLDEN AGE ROCKETRY

Author : Frank H. Winter
Publisher : Smithsonian Books (DC)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book 1ST GOLDEN AGE ROCKETRY written by Frank H. Winter and published by Smithsonian Books (DC). This book was released on 1990-06-17 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first comprehensive book on the history of gunpowder rockets. As complex and varied as modern rockets are, they all have a common ancestor--the modest gunpowder rocket--which saw its peak development in the last century. In the early 1880s, Englishman William Congreve changed the face of rocketry by initiating the modern process of research and development. William Hale, Congreve's compatriot, introduced major improvements in rocketry using the advances of the Industrial Revolution in steam power and metallurgy. Frank Winter discusses in detail the international impact of Congreve and Hale rockets for seven major and nine minor European countries, the Americas, India, China, and the Middle East. He describes the applications of the gunpowder rocket to areas as varied as scientific inquiry, whaling, torpedoes, and flying machines. This definitive book assesses the achievements of Congreve and Hale in light of other forms of artillery of the day. It will prove to be a valuable contribution to the history of technology and military history. -- Dust jacket.

Rockets and Missiles

Author : A. Bowdoin Van Riper
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 0801887925
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Rockets and Missiles written by A. Bowdoin Van Riper and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2007-11-26 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning with World War II, missiles transformed the art of war. For the first time, cities of warring nations were vulnerable to sudden, unannounced, long-distance attacks. At the same time, rockets made possible one of the great triumphs of the modern age—the exploration of space. Beginning with the origins of rocketry in medieval and early modern Asia, Rockets and Missiles traces the history of the technology that led to both the great fear of global warfare and the great excitement of the Space Age. This volume focuses on rocketry in late-twentieth-century Western Europe, Russia, and the United States, as well as the spread of rocket technology to East Asia and the Middle East. It covers the full history of rocket technology—including how rockets improved in performance, reliability, and versatility and how they affected everyday life.

Rockets

Author : Steven Otfinoski
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish
ISBN 13 : 9780761422327
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (223 download)

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Download or read book Rockets written by Steven Otfinoski and published by Marshall Cavendish. This book was released on 2007 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An examination of the origins, history, development, and impact of rockets and rocketry science"--Provided by publisher.

Rockets

Author : Ron Miller
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books
ISBN 13 : 1580136885
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book Rockets written by Ron Miller and published by Twenty-First Century Books. This book was released on 2007-08-01 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most futuristic of humankind’s inventions is also one of the oldest. Author Ron Miller tells the story of rockets, from their humble beginnings as toys one thousand years ago to their initiation as fearsome weapons of war. Most recently, rockets have enabled human beings to escape the bonds of Earth, travel into space, and explore other worlds. This is a story of great geniuses, personal sacrifices, and grand adventure.

Throwing Fire

Author : Alfred W. Crosby
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521791588
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (915 download)

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Download or read book Throwing Fire written by Alfred W. Crosby and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-04-08 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historian Alfred W. Crosby looks at hard, accurate throwing and the manipulation of fire as unique human capabilities. Humans began throwing rocks in prehistory and then progressed to javelins, atlatls, bows and arrows. We learned to make fire by friction and used it to cook, drive game, burn out rivals, and alter landscapes. In historic times we invented catapults, trebuchets, and such flammable liquids as Greek Fire. About 1,000 years ago we invented gunpowder, which accelerated the rise of empires and the advance of European imperialism. In the 20th century, gunpowder weaponry enabled us to wage the most destructive wars of all time, peaking at the end of World War II with the V-2 and atomic bomb. Today, we have turned our projectile talents to space travel which may make it possible for our species to migrate to other bodies of our solar system and even other star systems.

How Invention Begins

Author : John H. Lienhard
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199885567
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book How Invention Begins written by John H. Lienhard and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006-07-14 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In How Invention Begins, Lienhard reconciles the ends of invention with the individual leaps upon which they are built, illuminating the vast web of individual inspirations that lie behind whole technologies. He traces, for instance, the way in which thousands of people applied their combined inventive genius to airplanes, railroad engines, and automobiles. As he does so, it becomes clear that a collective desire, an upwelling of fascination, a spirit of the times--a Zeitgeist--laid its hold upon inventors. The thing they all sought to create was speed itself. Likewise, Lienhard shows that when we trace the astonishingly complex technology of printing books, we come at last to that which we desire from books--the knowledge, the learning, that they provide. Can we speak of speed or education as inventions? To do so, he concludes, is certainly no greater a stretch than it is to call radio or the telephone an "invention." Throughout this marvelous volume, Lienhard illuminates these webs of insight or inspiration by weaving a fabric of anecdote, history, and technical detail--all of which come together to provide a full and satisfying portrait of the true nature of invention.

Blast Off!

Author : Leona Nielsen
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313079595
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Blast Off! written by Leona Nielsen and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1997-01-15 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Packed with fascinating facts and motivational activities, this book helps you create a thematic unit on rocketry. Lessons include information on the beginning of rocketry and explanations of basic scientific principles of rocket flight. Featuring scientific experiments for students, language activities-even a dramatic play (based on the science of rocketry)-this book is a complete teaching package. Grades 4-8.

The Encyclopedia of the War of 1812 [3 volumes]

Author : Spencer C. Tucker
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1851099573
Total Pages : 1109 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book The Encyclopedia of the War of 1812 [3 volumes] written by Spencer C. Tucker and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2012-04-25 with total page 1109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work is the most comprehensive reference work on the War of 1812 yet published, offering a multidisciplinary treatment of course, causes, effects, and specific details of the War that provides both quick reference and in-depth analysis for readers from the high school level to scholars in the field. The Encyclopedia of the War of 1812: A Political, Social, and Military History dedicates 872 entries—totaling some 600,000 words—to this important American war. It is the most comprehensive and significant reference work available on the subject. Its entries spotlight the key battles, standout individuals, essential weapons, and social, political, and economic developments, and examine the wider, concurrent European developments which directly affected this conflict in North America. A volume of primary documents provides more avenues for research. This three-volume work offers comprehensive, in-depth information in a format that lends itself to quick and easy use, making it ideal for high school, college, and university-level learners as well as general learning annexes and military libraries. Scholars of the period and students of American military history will find it essential reading.

Sputnik

Author : Paul Dickson
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 1496216407
Total Pages : 489 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (962 download)

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Download or read book Sputnik written by Paul Dickson and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2019-12-27 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On October 4, 1957, the day Leave It to Beaver premiered on American television, the Soviet Union launched the space age. Sputnik, all of 184 pounds with only a radio transmitter inside its highly polished shell, became the first artificial satellite in space; while it immediately shocked the world, its long-term impact was even greater, for it profoundly changed the shape of the twentieth century. Paul Dickson chronicles the dramatic events and developments leading up to and resulting from Sputnik's launch. Supported by groundbreaking, original research and many declassified documents, Sputnik offers a fascinating profile of the early American and Soviet space programs and a strikingly revised picture of the politics and personalities behind the facade of America's fledgling efforts to get into space. The U.S. public reaction to Sputnik was monumental. In a single weekend, Americans were wrenched out of a mood of national smugness and postwar material comfort. Initial shock at and fear of the Soviets' intentions galvanized the country and swiftly prompted innovative developments that define our world today. Sputnik directly or indirectly influenced nearly every aspect of American life: from an immediate shift toward science in the classroom to the arms race that defined the Cold War, the competition to reach the moon, and the birth of the internet. By shedding new light on a pivotal era, Dickson expands our knowledge of the world we now inhabit and reminds us that the story of Sputnik goes far beyond technology and the beginning of the space age, and that its implications are still being felt today.

Golden Legacy, Boundless Future

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book Golden Legacy, Boundless Future written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The International Handbook of Space Technology

Author : Malcolm Macdonald
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3642411010
Total Pages : 728 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (424 download)

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Download or read book The International Handbook of Space Technology written by Malcolm Macdonald and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-07-08 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive handbook provides an overview of space technology and a holistic understanding of the system-of-systems that is a modern spacecraft. With a foreword by Elon Musk, CEO and CTO of SpaceX, and contributions from globally leading agency experts from NASA, ESA, JAXA, and CNES, as well as European and North American academics and industrialists, this handbook, as well as giving an interdisciplinary overview, offers, through individual self-contained chapters, more detailed understanding of specific fields, ranging through: · Launch systems, structures, power, thermal, communications, propulsion, and software, to · entry, descent and landing, ground segment, robotics, and data systems, to · technology management, legal and regulatory issues, and project management. This handbook is an equally invaluable asset to those on a career path towards the space industry as it is to those already within the industry.

A History of Artillery

Author : Jeremy Black
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538178214
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (381 download)

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Download or read book A History of Artillery written by Jeremy Black and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A History of Artillery traces the development of artillery through the ages, providing a thorough study of these weapons. From its earliest recorded use in battle over a millennium ago, up to the recent Gulf War, Balkan, and Afghanistan conflicts, artillery has often been the deciding factor in battle. Black shows that artillery sits within the general history of a war as a means that varied greatly between armies and navies, and also across time.

War and the World

Author : Jeremy Black
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300147694
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book War and the World written by Jeremy Black and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this brilliant history of warfare, Jeremy Black is the first to approach the entire modern era from a comprehensive global perspective. He provides a wide-ranging account of the nature, purpose, and experience of war over the past half-millennium and argues the importance of viewing the rise of European power within a wider international context. Investigating both land and sea warfare, Black examines weaponry, tactics, strategy, and resources as well as the political, social, and cultural impact of conflict. The book takes issue with established interpretations, not least those that emphasize technology, and challenges the view that European military and naval forces were dominant throughout the period. European mastery at sea did not always translate into equivalent success on land, says Black, and many non-European military systems—the Ottomans in their expansionist years, Babur and the Mughals in sixteenth-century India, and the Manchu in China in the following century, for example—were formidable in their own right. The author contends that in the nineteenth century, the focal period of Europe’s military revolution, the international military balance shifted decisively. Black shows how military developments, combined with political, economic, and ideological shifts, influenced the nature and success of European imperialism. Linking debates on early modern history with those of more recent centuries, he offers a fundamental reexamination of the role of war in the progress of nations.

Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1992

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of the Interior and Related Agencies
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1362 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1992 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of the Interior and Related Agencies and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 1362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A History of the Atomic Space Age and Its Implications for the Future

Author : Willis L. Shirk
Publisher : Dog Ear Publishing
ISBN 13 : 145756145X
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (575 download)

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Download or read book A History of the Atomic Space Age and Its Implications for the Future written by Willis L. Shirk and published by Dog Ear Publishing. This book was released on 2018-02-12 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Atomic Space Age has been and continues to be an engine for future wealth creation. Humanity stands on the verge of becoming an interplanetary species. We know we are made of star-stuff precisely because many of the isotopes in our bodies originated in the death throes of dying suns. With the discovery of nuclear fission in 1938, mankind was for the first time able to glimpse both our distant past and our possible future. As with the discovery of fire and agriculture thousands of years ago, wind power hundreds of years ago, and steam power and electricity in the nineteenth century, we must now learn to tame this powerful new force locked within the heart of the atom. Buckminster Fuller once observed that wealth is nothing more than energy compounded by ingenuity. Since (mass-)energy can never decrease, and ingenuity will only increase, there is no limit to the quantity of wealth that our species can and will create using nuclear space propulsion.

Secret Weapons

Author : Brian J Ford
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472804732
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (728 download)

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Download or read book Secret Weapons written by Brian J Ford and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-09-20 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deep in the bunkers of Nazi Germany, many of the world's top scientists worked to create a new generation of war winning super-weapons. A few of these, such as jet aircraft and the V2 rocket, became realities at the end of the war, others never made it off the drawing-board. Written by noted research scientist, Brian Ford, this exciting book charts the history of secret weapons development by all the major powers during the war, from British radar to Japanese ray-guns, and explains the impact that these developments eventually had on the outcome of World War II. Ford also takes a look at the weapons that never made it to development stage, as well as the more radical plans, such as the idea of turning Hitler into a woman with hormone treatment.

Air Power

Author : Jeremy Black
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442250976
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book Air Power written by Jeremy Black and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-03-10 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This essential book offers a compelling and original interpretation of the rise of military aviation. Jeremy Black, one of the world’s finest scholars of military history, provides a lucid analysis of the use of airpower over land and sea both during the two world wars and the more limited wars of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Considering both the theory and praxis of air power, the author begins with hot air balloons, and then highlights the use of zeppelins, piston engine fighters, jet bombers, and finally the so-called Military Revolution of today. While discussing the growth of American and European military aviation, Black, a pioneer in emphasizing the importance of non-Western military history for understanding global developments, also traces the emergence of air power in Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Black breaks new ground by exploring not only to conventional war—both inside and outside Europe—but also to the use of air power in unconventional wars, especially critical given to the spread of insurgencies around the globe. He vividly describes traditional debates over the pros and cons of strategic bombing and aircraft carriers versus battleships and gives equal attention to managerial, doctrinal, and technological innovations. The author shows how better management resulted in increasing lethality of close air support of the RAF during the latter part of World War II and at the same times highlights the limits of air power with case studies of the two Gulf Wars. The author goes beyond our traditional understanding of air power associated with bombing and fighter engagements, adding the important elements associated with naval power, including ground/logistics support, anti-aircraft measures, and political constraints. As he explains, air power has become Western politicians’ weapon of choice, spreading maximum destruction with the minimum of commitment. His current and comprehensive study considers how we got to this point, and what the future has in store. Anyone seeking a balanced, accurate understanding of air power in history will find this book an essential introduction.