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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452781903321

Autore

Black Jeremy <1955->

Titolo

War and technology [[electronic resource] /] / Jeremy Black

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2013

ISBN

0-253-00989-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (342 p.)

Disciplina

355/.07

Soggetti

Military weapons - History

Military art and science - History

Military art and science - Technological innovations - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: the key themes -- Early modern western warships: technologies of power projection and lethality -- Gunpowder technology, 1490-1800 -- Firepower, steamships, railways, telegraphs, radio: technologies of killing, logistics, command, and control, 1775-1945 -- The internal combustion engine: the technology of decentralized power, 1910-2013 -- A new sphere: air power, 1903-2013 -- Revolution, transformation, and the present -- Into the future -- Conclusions -- Postscript.

Sommario/riassunto

In this engaging book, Jeremy Black argues that technology neither acts as an independent variable nor operates without major limitations. This includes its capacity to obtain end results, as technology's impact is far from simple and its pathways are by no means clear. After considering such key conceptual points, Black discusses important technological advances in weaponry and power projection from sailing warships to aircraft carriers, muskets to tanks, balloons to unmanned drones-in each case, taking into account what difference these advances made. He addresses not only firepower but a



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Record Nr.

UNISA996205502303316

Titolo

Trends in urology & men's health

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, NJ : , : Wiley, , 2010-

ISSN

2044-3749

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

616.600811

Soggetti

Urology

Genitourinary organs - Diseases

Men - Diseases

Men's Health

Urologia

Aparell genital masculí

Cirurgia urològica

Periodical

Periodicals.

Revistes electròniques.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Refereed/Peer-reviewed

Sommario/riassunto

Trends in Urology and Men's Health is a bimonthly journal aimed at GPs, specialist nurses and hospital specialists with an interest in men's health. It provides high-quality articles from leading specialists in the areas of prostate disease, erectile dysfunction, incontinence and genitourinary medicine. In addition, it will cover other areas that affect men's health, including cardiovascular disease and diabetes.



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Record Nr.

UNINA990007479720403321

Autore

Comerio, Enrico

Titolo

Cercando l'Eldorado / di Enrico Comerio ; foto di Gilles Rigoulet

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milano, : Repubblica, 1998

Descrizione fisica

p. 215-224 : ill. ; 23 cm

Altri autori (Persone)

Rigoulet, Gilles

Locazione

ILFGE

Collocazione

MISC. C 214

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Estr. da: D : la Repubblica delle donne, 10 marzo 1998