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

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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 r...

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Other Authors: Steele, Brett D., Dorland, Tamera
Format: eBook
Language:English
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.
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/History of Science
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