The Resource Lasers, death rays, and the long, strange quest for the ultimate weapon, Jeff Hecht
Lasers, death rays, and the long, strange quest for the ultimate weapon, Jeff Hecht
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- Summary
- The laser--a milestone invention of the mid-twentieth century--quickly captured the imagination of the Pentagon as the key to the ultimate weapon. Veteran science writer Jeff Hecht tells the inside story of the adventures and misadventures of scientists and military strategists as they exerted herculean though often futile efforts to adapt the laser for military uses. From the 1950s' sci-fi vision of the "death ray," through the Reagan administration's "Star Wars" missile defense system, to more promising developments today, Hecht provides an entertaining history
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 295 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Note
- Includes index
- Contents
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- Death rays: from thunder gods to mad scientists
- How the Pentagon almost invented the laser
- The incredible rocket-engine laser
- Space lasers on the high frontier
- The "Star Wars" wars
- The airborne laser gets off the ground
- Back to the battlefield against insurgents
- Laser weapons go solid-state
- The quest for the ultimate weapon
- Isbn
- 9781633884601
- Label
- Lasers, death rays, and the long, strange quest for the ultimate weapon
- Title
- Lasers, death rays, and the long, strange quest for the ultimate weapon
- Statement of responsibility
- Jeff Hecht
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The laser--a milestone invention of the mid-twentieth century--quickly captured the imagination of the Pentagon as the key to the ultimate weapon. Veteran science writer Jeff Hecht tells the inside story of the adventures and misadventures of scientists and military strategists as they exerted herculean though often futile efforts to adapt the laser for military uses. From the 1950s' sci-fi vision of the "death ray," through the Reagan administration's "Star Wars" missile defense system, to more promising developments today, Hecht provides an entertaining history
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hecht, Jeff
- Dewey number
- 623.4/46
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
-
- UG486
- UG486
- LC item number
-
- .H434 2019
- .H43 2019
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Laser weapons
- Laser weapons
- HISTORY
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
- Laser weapons
- Label
- Lasers, death rays, and the long, strange quest for the ultimate weapon, Jeff Hecht
- Note
- Includes index
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-279) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Death rays: from thunder gods to mad scientists -- How the Pentagon almost invented the laser -- The incredible rocket-engine laser -- Space lasers on the high frontier -- The "Star Wars" wars -- The airborne laser gets off the ground -- Back to the battlefield against insurgents -- Laser weapons go solid-state -- The quest for the ultimate weapon
- Control code
- 1080643082
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 295 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781633884601
- Lccn
- 2018035104
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1080643082
- Label
- Lasers, death rays, and the long, strange quest for the ultimate weapon, Jeff Hecht
- Note
- Includes index
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-279) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Death rays: from thunder gods to mad scientists -- How the Pentagon almost invented the laser -- The incredible rocket-engine laser -- Space lasers on the high frontier -- The "Star Wars" wars -- The airborne laser gets off the ground -- Back to the battlefield against insurgents -- Laser weapons go solid-state -- The quest for the ultimate weapon
- Control code
- 1080643082
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 295 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781633884601
- Lccn
- 2018035104
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1080643082
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