Buch, Englisch, 218 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 317 g
Buch, Englisch, 218 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 317 g
ISBN: 978-0-521-15631-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
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Part I. Who, Why, and How: 1. The Pliocene: something new is afoot; Part II. The First Acceleration, The First Projectiles: 2. The Pliocene and Pleistocene: 'you are what you throw'; 3. The Pleistocene and Holocene: 'cooking the Earth'; 4. The Upper Paleolithic: 'humanity and other disasters'; 5. From weapon craftsmanship to weapon technology; Part III. The Second Acceleration: Gunpowder: 6. The Chinese elixir; 7. Gunpowder as centripetal force; 8. Brown Bess to Big Bertha; Part IV. The Third Acceleration: Into Extraterrestrial and Subatomic Space: 9. The V-2 and the bomb; 10. The longest throws; Part V. The Fourth Acceleration.