LEADER 02395nam 2200589Ia 450 001 9911103906103321 005 20251117063920.0 010 $a1-84755-891-7 035 $a(CKB)1000000000791431 035 $a(EBL)1185351 035 $a(OCoLC)465691714 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000379255 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11291040 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000379255 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10374114 035 $a(PQKB)10192253 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1185351 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1185351 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10618734 035 $a(PPN)19846858X 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7425087 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7425087 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000791431 100 $a20081104d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe chemistry of fireworks /$fMichael S. Russell 205 $a2nd ed. 210 $aCambridge, UK $cRSC Pub.$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (192 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a0-85404-127-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 161-163) and index. 327 $a9780854041275; i_iv; v_vi; vii_viii; ix_xii; xiii_xxii; 001_017; 018_043; 044_060; 061_078; 079_093; 094_097; 098_103; 104_117; 118_124; 125_144; 145_151; 152_160; 161_163; 164_169 330 $aFor centuries fireworks have been a source of delight and amazement in cultures around the world. But what produces their dazzling array of effects? This book, a fully revised, extended and updated second edition explores the chemistry and physics behind the art of pyrotechnics. Its scope ranges from the history of gunpowder and fireworks in the UK, to the chemical characteristics of gunpowder, the form and functioning of all the main types of fireworks, special effects, fireworks safety and current fireworks legislation. This second edition is aimed at students with A level qualifications or 606 $aFireworks 606 $aChemistry, Technical 615 0$aFireworks. 615 0$aChemistry, Technical. 676 $a662.1 676 $a662/.1 700 $aRussell$b Michael S$01926371 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911103906103321 996 $aThe chemistry of fireworks$94674169 997 $aUNINA LEADER 03214nam 2200697 a 450 001 9911089757703321 005 20251117084431.0 010 $a1-283-58424-7 010 $a9786613896698 010 $a1-60344-772-5 035 $a(CKB)2670000000234538 035 $a(EBL)1056979 035 $a(OCoLC)809977875 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000711037 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11940701 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000711037 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10673674 035 $a(PQKB)11151913 035 $a(OCoLC)812786322 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse19780 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1056979 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10588011 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL389669 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1056979 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000234538 100 $a20120201d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBlind over Cuba $ethe photo gap and the missile crisis /$fDavid M. Barrett & Max Holland 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCollege Station [Tex.] $cTexas A&M University Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (226 p.) 225 0$aForeign relations and the presidency ;$vno. 11 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a1-60344-768-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe making of a "photo gap": August 29 to October 14, 1962 -- Obscuring the photo gap -- The struggle over the postmortems -- Stonewalling the House -- The Senate steps in -- Tensions within the Kennedy administration: fashioning a unified story -- End of the trail: the "interim" report -- The costs of managed history -- Appendix: a historiography of the photo gap, 1963-2011. 330 $a In the aftermath of the Cuban Missile Crisis, questions persisted about how the potential cataclysm had been allowed to develop. A subsequent congressional investigation focused on what came to be known as the "photo gap": five weeks during which intelligence-gathering flights over Cuba had been attenuated. In Blind over Cuba, David M. Barrett and Max Holland challenge the popular perception of the Kennedy administration's handling of the Soviet Union's surreptitious deployment of missiles in the Western Hemisphere. Rather than epitomizing it as a masterpiece of crisis man 410 0$aForeign relations and the presidency ;$vno. 11. 606 $aCuban Missile Crisis, 1962 606 $aIntelligence service$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States 606 $aExecutive-legislative relations$zUnited States 606 $aNational security$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1961-1963 615 0$aCuban Missile Crisis, 1962. 615 0$aIntelligence service$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aExecutive-legislative relations 615 0$aNational security$xPolitical aspects 676 $a973.922 700 $aBarrett$b David M.$f1951-$01385259 701 $aHolland$b Max$01974699 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911089757703321 996 $aBlind over Cuba$94742868 997 $aUNINA