• Anglický jazyk

Mr. Gatling's Terrible Marvel

Autor: Julia Keller

A provocative look at the life and times of the man who created the original weapon of mass destruction

Drawing on her investigative and literary talents, Julia Keller offers a riveting account of the invention of the world's first working... Viac o knihe

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A provocative look at the life and times of the man who created the original weapon of mass destruction

Drawing on her investigative and literary talents, Julia Keller offers a riveting account of the invention of the world's first working machine gun. Through her portrait of its misunderstood creator, Richard Jordan Gatling-who naively hoped that the overwhelming effectiveness of a multiple-firing weapon would save lives by decreasing the size of armies and reducing the number of soldiers needed to fight-Keller draws profound parallels to the scientists who would unleash America's atomic arsenal half a century later. The Gatling gun, in its combination of ingenuity, idealism, and destructive power, perfectly exemplifies the paradox of America's rise in the nineteenth century to a world superpower.

  • Vydavateľstvo: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr
  • Rok vydania: 2009
  • Formát: Paperback
  • Rozmer: 214 x 140 mm
  • Jazyk: Anglický jazyk
  • ISBN: 9780143115649

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