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Author Hecht, Jeff, author.

Title Lasers, death rays, and the long, strange quest for the ultimate weapon / Jeff Hecht.

Publication Info. Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, 2019.

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Location Call No. Status
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  623.446 HECHT    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  623.4 HEC    Check Shelf
Description 295 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-279) and index.
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.
Subject Laser weapons -- History.
Laser weapons -- Design and construction.
HISTORY / Military / Weapons.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Inventions.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Lasers & Photonics.
ISBN 9781633884601 (hardcover)
1633884600 (hardcover)
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