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Accessory to War : The Unspoken Alliance Between Astrophysics and The Military Neil deGrasse Tyson and Avis Lang.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York W.W. Norton & Company, [2018]Edition: First editionDescription: xiv, 576 pages 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780393064445
Other title:
  • Unspoken alliance between astrophysics and the military
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 355.001/52301 23
LOC classification:
  • UG1523 .T97 2018
Contents:
A time to kill -- Star power -- Sea power -- Arming the eye -- Unseen, undetected, unspoken -- Detection stories -- Making war, seeking peace -- Space power -- A time to heal.
Summary: "Examine[s] how the methods and tools of astrophysics have been enlisted in the service of war ... because the astrophysicists and military planners care about many of the same things: multi-spectral detection, ranging, tracking, imaging, high ground, nuclear fusion, and access to space"-- Provided by publisher.
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Main Main Jones Public Library 355 TYS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 3370000078234
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 535-549) and index.

A time to kill -- Star power -- Sea power -- Arming the eye -- Unseen, undetected, unspoken -- Detection stories -- Making war, seeking peace -- Space power -- A time to heal.

"Examine[s] how the methods and tools of astrophysics have been enlisted in the service of war ... because the astrophysicists and military planners care about many of the same things: multi-spectral detection, ranging, tracking, imaging, high ground, nuclear fusion, and access to space"-- Provided by publisher.

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