The geeks of war : the secretive labs and brilliant minds behind tomorrow's warfare technologies / J...
The geeks of war : the secretive labs and brilliant minds behind tomorrow's warfare technologies / J...
The geeks of war : the secretive labs and brilliant minds behind tomorrow's warfare technologies / John Edwards.
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New York : AMACOM, c2005.
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N355.07097/ 1
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English
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xvii, 220 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Introduction : the military-technology matrix -- Ch. 1. Finding and breaking things : tactical systems -- Ch. 2. The fingertips war : information systems -- Ch. 3. Early warning : telecommunications, reconnaissance, and disaster relief -- Ch. 4. Fitter fighters: health, medicine, and biotechnology -...
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New York : AMACOM, c2005.
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New York (State)
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c2005.
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"More often than not, the nightly news gives us the opportunity to see modern weapons in action. But what few people ever get to see is how these ever more complex and powerful weapons come to be. Phrases like "developed by the Pentagon" or a "Department of Defense project" only hint at the real story - that modern weaponry and defense systems are...
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The geeks of war : the secretive labs and brilliant minds behind tomorrow's warfare technologies / John Edwards.
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Includes index.
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N355.07097/ 1
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74VKqmprRGdl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKqmprRGdl
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0814408524
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355.070973
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991020181159702626
