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Item specifics
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- Binding
- Audio CD
- Product Group
- Book
- Weight
- 1 lbs
- IsTextBook
- No
- ISBN
- 9781984833983
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Product Information
An exploration of the age-old complicity between skywatchers and warfighters, from the best-selling author of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry . In this fascinating foray into the centuries-old relationship between science and military power, acclaimed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and writer-researcher Avis Lang examine how the methods and tools of astrophysics have been enlisted in the service of war. The overlap is strong, and the knowledge flows in both directions, say the authors, because astrophysicists and military planners care about many of the same things: multi-spectral detection, ranging, tracking, imaging, high ground, nuclear fusion, and access to space. Tyson and Lang call it a curiously complicit alliance. The universe is both the ultimate frontier and the highest of high grounds, they write. Shared by both space scientists and space warriors, it's a laboratory for one and a battlefield for the other. The explorer wants to understand it; the soldier wants to dominate it. But without the right technology--which is more or less the same technology for both parties--nobody can get to it, operate in it, scrutinize it, dominate it, or use it to their advantage and someone else's disadvantage. Spanning early celestial navigation to satellite-enabled warfare, Accessory to War is a richly researched and provocative examination of the intersection of science, technology, industry, and power that will introduce Tyson's millions of fans to yet another dimension of how the universe has shaped our lives and our world.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1984833987
ISBN-13
9781984833983
eBay Product ID (ePID)
17038770981
Product Key Features
Book Title
Accessory to War : the Unspoken Alliance between Astrophysics and the Military
Topic
Physics / Astrophysics, Public Policy / Science & Technology Policy, General, Space Science
Publication Year
2018
Language
English
Genre
Science, Political Science
Format
Compact Disc
Dimensions
Item Height
1.6in.
Item Length
5.9in.
Item Width
5.1in.
Item Weight
13.2 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Number of Volumes
15 Vols.
Dewey Decimal
355.001/52301
Edition Description
Unabridged Edition
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