
Hardcover • 2019 • English • 1. edition
Lasers, Death Rays, and the Long, Strange Quest for the Ultimate Weapon
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The whole story of laser weapons with a focus on its many interesting characters and sometimes bizarre schemes The laser--a milestone invention of the mid-twentieth century--quickly captured the imagination of the Pentagon as the key to the ultimate weapon. Veteran science writer Jeff Hecht tells the inside story of the adventures and misadventures of scientists and military strategists as they exerted Herculean though often futile efforts to adapt the laser for military uses. From the 1950s' sc...Show more
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ISBN
9781633884601
Publisher
Prometheus Books
Published year
2019
Language
English
Edition
1
Original title
Lasers, Death Rays, and the Long, Strange Quest for the Ultimate Weapon
Format
Hardcover
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