Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
xiv, 272 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [251]-257) and index. |
Contents |
An epic quest -- Playing with fire: A thousand years of explosives -- Black powder's soul: The quest fro the elusive saltpeter -- Blasting oil and blasting cap: Alfred Nobel and the terrible power of nitroglycerin -- Construction and destruction: dynamite and the engineering revolution -- The great equalizer: explosives and social change -- Inventions, patents, and lawsuits: The golden age of explosives -- The Guano trade: The toil for Chilean saltpeter and the war of the Pacific -- The profits of dynamite: a gift to science and civilization -- Battle of the Falklands: The struggle for the global nitrate supply -- The father of the war: Fritz Haber's World-changing discovery -- Epilogue: War and the green revolution. |
Subject |
Science -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Science -- History.
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ISBN |
031232913X |
Standard No. |
9780312329136 |
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