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Simon Quellen Field Boom! (Paperback)
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- Book Title
- Boom! : the Chemistry and History of Explosives
- Publication Name
- Boom!
- Title
- Boom!
- Subtitle
- The Chemistry and History of Explosives
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- EAN
- 9781613738054
- ISBN
- 9781613738054
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
- Genre
- Technology & Engineering, Science, History
- Topic
- Military / Weapons, General, History, Chemical & Biochemical
- Release Date
- 01/07/2017
- Release Year
- 2017
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.5in
- Item Length
- 9in
- Item Weight
- 13.8 Oz
- Publication Year
- 2017
- Item Width
- 6in
- Number of Pages
- 288 Pages
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Black powder, the world's first chemical explosive, was originally developed in the seventh century, during China's Tang dynasty. It was a crude mixture at first, but over time chemists discovered the optimum proportion of sulfur, charcoal, and nitrates, as well as the best way to mix them so that the particles of each component were tiny and homogenous, resulting in a complete and powerful reaction. Author and chemistry buff Simon Quellen Field takes readers on a decades-long journey through the history of things that go boom , from the early days of black powder to today's modern plastic explosives. Not just the who, when, and why, but also the how. How did Chinese alchemists come to create black powder? What accidents led to the discovery of high explosives? How do explosives actually work on a molecular scale? And though most people have a vague understanding that dynamite is more powerful than gunpowder, what does it mean to be more powerful? Boom! The Chemistry and History of Explosives goes back to the original papers and patents written by the chemists who invented them, to shed light on their development, to explore the consequences of their use for good and ill, and to give the reader a basic understanding of the chemistry that makes them possible.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1613738056
ISBN-13
9781613738054
eBay Product ID (ePID)
234428781
Product Key Features
Book Title
Boom! : the Chemistry and History of Explosives
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Military / Weapons, General, History, Chemical & Biochemical
Publication Year
2017
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Science, History
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.5in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
13.8 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Tp270.5.F54 2017
Reviews
"Field sheds light on a subject you are not likely to get in school and for this he deserves to be applauded."-- Nerd Rage News, "A detailed, comprehensive, impressively informative, and compelling study, Boom! is exceptionally well researched, written, organized and presented. . ." --Midwest Book Review
Copyright Date
2017
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2016-047898
Dewey Decimal
662.2
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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