The Big Bang!: History of Explosives
by Adam Hart-Davis, G. I. Brown
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Synopsis
Gunpowder was first used in China around 850 AD but appeared in the western world roughly 500 years later. Dynamite and a host of other explosives replaced it. Then came the atomic bomb and the post-war development of the H-bomb. Many of those involved, Roger Bacon, Alfred Nobel, and Dupont among others, played crucial roles in the development of the explosive. The Big Bang tells the tales of the personalities involved and highlights the uses and impact of explosives in both war and terrorism, and in civil engineering, quarrying, mining, demolition, fireworks and sport.
Book details
Published
24/09/1998
Publisher
Sutton Publishing Ltd
ISBN
9780750918787
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UK Kirkus review
For almost a millennium, explosives have been the world's most powerful source of portable energy. In the 20th century they have changed the face of war and global relations. As both a former technical specialist in the forces and a chemist, Brown is well qualified to chart the enormous military, diplomatic, social and scientific role that explosive devices have played in human history. From the invention of gunpowder around 850 in China to the detonation of the first atom bombs over Japan in 1945, this is a dramatic story indeed. But it is also a highly significant one in the history of science, civil engineering and even sport. Finely illustrated in black and white, and engagingly written, this is to be read with pleasure and profit. (Kirkus UK)
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