Prisoners, lovers, and spies : the story of invisible ink from Herodotus to al-Qaeda / / Kristie Macrakis |
Autore | Macrakis Kristie |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven, Connecticut ; ; London : , : Yale University Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (392 p.) |
Disciplina | 652 |
Soggetto topico |
Writing, Invisible - History
Invisible inks - History Confidential communications - History Espionage - Equipment and supplies - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-300-18825-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. The Art of Love and War -- 2. Intrigue and Inquisition -- 3. Confessing Secrets -- 4. Invisible Landscapes -- 5. Revolutionary Ink -- 6. Magic -- 7. The Secret-Ink War -- 8. The United States Enters the Secret-Ink War -- 9. Visible Nazis -- 10. The Mystery of the Microdot -- 11. Invisible Spy Catchers -- 12. Out in the Cold -- 13. Hiding in Porn Sites -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Fun Kitchen Chemistry Experiments (with Jason Lye) -- Notes -- Primary Sources -- Credits -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463928903321 |
Macrakis Kristie | ||
New Haven, Connecticut ; ; London : , : Yale University Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Prisoners, lovers, and spies : the story of invisible ink from Herodotus to al-Qaeda / / Kristie Macrakis |
Autore | Macrakis Kristie |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven, Connecticut : , : Yale University Press, , [2014] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (392 p.) |
Disciplina | 652 |
Soggetto topico |
Confidential communications - History
Invisible inks - History Writing, Invisible - History Espionage - Equipment and supplies - History |
ISBN | 0-300-18825-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. The Art of Love and War -- 2. Intrigue and Inquisition -- 3. Confessing Secrets -- 4. Invisible Landscapes -- 5. Revolutionary Ink -- 6. Magic -- 7. The Secret-Ink War -- 8. The United States Enters the Secret-Ink War -- 9. Visible Nazis -- 10. The Mystery of the Microdot -- 11. Invisible Spy Catchers -- 12. Out in the Cold -- 13. Hiding in Porn Sites -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Fun Kitchen Chemistry Experiments (with Jason Lye) -- Notes -- Primary Sources -- Credits -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787877903321 |
Macrakis Kristie | ||
New Haven, Connecticut : , : Yale University Press, , [2014] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Prisoners, lovers, and spies : the story of invisible ink from Herodotus to al-Qaeda / / Kristie Macrakis |
Autore | Macrakis Kristie |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven, Connecticut : , : Yale University Press, , [2014] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (392 p.) |
Disciplina | 652 |
Soggetto topico |
Confidential communications - History
Invisible inks - History Writing, Invisible - History Espionage - Equipment and supplies - History |
ISBN | 0-300-18825-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. The Art of Love and War -- 2. Intrigue and Inquisition -- 3. Confessing Secrets -- 4. Invisible Landscapes -- 5. Revolutionary Ink -- 6. Magic -- 7. The Secret-Ink War -- 8. The United States Enters the Secret-Ink War -- 9. Visible Nazis -- 10. The Mystery of the Microdot -- 11. Invisible Spy Catchers -- 12. Out in the Cold -- 13. Hiding in Porn Sites -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Fun Kitchen Chemistry Experiments (with Jason Lye) -- Notes -- Primary Sources -- Credits -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815845003321 |
Macrakis Kristie | ||
New Haven, Connecticut : , : Yale University Press, , [2014] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Surviving the Swastika [[electronic resource] ] : Scientific Research in Nazi Germany |
Autore | Macrakis Kristie |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford University Press, 1994 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (311 p.) |
Disciplina |
50604309043
509.43 |
Soggetto topico |
History
Research Research - Germany - History Science and state Research - History - Germany Science and state - History - Germany National Socialism Academies and Institutes Societies, Scientific Societies Organizations Science Political Systems Health Care Economics and Organizations Social Sciences Natural Science Disciplines Occupations Health Care Sciences - General Physical Sciences & Mathematics |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-19-972817-8
1-280-44100-3 9786610441006 1-60129-827-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Contents""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""PART I: BEGINNINGS""; ""1 Origins""; ""Germany's Scientific Hegemony Threatened""; ""Foundations""; ""First Creations""; ""World War I""; ""2 The Weimar Years""; ""The Poverty of German Science""; ""Scientists Take Control""; ""International Relations""; ""What's in a Name?""; ""Spawning Industry-Related Sciences""; ""That ""Very Empyrean of Science"" in Berlin-Dahlem""; ""PART II: NATIONAL SOCIALISM""; ""3 From Accommodation to Passive Opposition, 1933-35""; ""Forced Transformations""; ""Rifle at Rest""; ""The Consolidation Process""
""Jewish Scientists Who Stayed or Delayed Departure""""Storm Troopers and Communists""; ""The Balance Sheet: Quantitative and Qualitative Losses""; ""Passive Opposition: the Haber Memorial Service""; ""4 National Socialist Science Policy and the Kaiser Wilhelm Society""; ""Universities""; ""Ministries Transformed""; ""Unification, Nationalization, and Control""; ""Military Science""; ""Mobilization for War""; ""5 The Turning Point, 1936-39""; ""The Last Stand""; ""The Change in Leadership""; ""Research and the Four Year Plan""; ""International Exchange and Isolation"" ""6 The Survival of Basic Biological Research""""The Berlin Biological Community""; ""Scientifically or Politically Qualified?""; ""Viruses, Sex Hormones, and Mutation Genetics""; ""Funding for Basic Biological Research""; ""Eugenics at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institutes""; ""7 The War Years, 1939-45""; ""Albert Vögler: The Perfect but Reluctant President, 1941""; ""Greater Germany and the New Order of German Science""; ""For the Fatherland?""; ""Conditions of Research""; ""8 The Uranium Machine""; ""Uranium Fission""; ""Atomic Beginnings""; ""Nuclear Power Conferences in Berlin-Dahlem, 1942"" ""The Final War Years""""Uranium Machine Experiments in the Bunker and Cave""; ""Alsos, Farm Hall, and Operation Epsilon""; ""Epilogue""; ""Conclusion""; ""Appendix""; ""Notes""; ""Sources""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455469603321 |
Macrakis Kristie | ||
Oxford University Press, 1994 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Surviving the Swastika [[electronic resource] ] : Scientific Research in Nazi Germany |
Autore | Macrakis Kristie |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford University Press, 1994 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (311 p.) |
Disciplina |
50604309043
509.43 |
Soggetto topico |
History
Research Research - Germany - History Science and state Research - History - Germany Science and state - History - Germany National Socialism Academies and Institutes Societies, Scientific Societies Organizations Science Political Systems Health Care Economics and Organizations Social Sciences Natural Science Disciplines Occupations Health Care Sciences - General Physical Sciences & Mathematics |
ISBN |
0-19-972817-8
1-280-44100-3 9786610441006 1-60129-827-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Contents""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""PART I: BEGINNINGS""; ""1 Origins""; ""Germany's Scientific Hegemony Threatened""; ""Foundations""; ""First Creations""; ""World War I""; ""2 The Weimar Years""; ""The Poverty of German Science""; ""Scientists Take Control""; ""International Relations""; ""What's in a Name?""; ""Spawning Industry-Related Sciences""; ""That ""Very Empyrean of Science"" in Berlin-Dahlem""; ""PART II: NATIONAL SOCIALISM""; ""3 From Accommodation to Passive Opposition, 1933-35""; ""Forced Transformations""; ""Rifle at Rest""; ""The Consolidation Process""
""Jewish Scientists Who Stayed or Delayed Departure""""Storm Troopers and Communists""; ""The Balance Sheet: Quantitative and Qualitative Losses""; ""Passive Opposition: the Haber Memorial Service""; ""4 National Socialist Science Policy and the Kaiser Wilhelm Society""; ""Universities""; ""Ministries Transformed""; ""Unification, Nationalization, and Control""; ""Military Science""; ""Mobilization for War""; ""5 The Turning Point, 1936-39""; ""The Last Stand""; ""The Change in Leadership""; ""Research and the Four Year Plan""; ""International Exchange and Isolation"" ""6 The Survival of Basic Biological Research""""The Berlin Biological Community""; ""Scientifically or Politically Qualified?""; ""Viruses, Sex Hormones, and Mutation Genetics""; ""Funding for Basic Biological Research""; ""Eugenics at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institutes""; ""7 The War Years, 1939-45""; ""Albert Vögler: The Perfect but Reluctant President, 1941""; ""Greater Germany and the New Order of German Science""; ""For the Fatherland?""; ""Conditions of Research""; ""8 The Uranium Machine""; ""Uranium Fission""; ""Atomic Beginnings""; ""Nuclear Power Conferences in Berlin-Dahlem, 1942"" ""The Final War Years""""Uranium Machine Experiments in the Bunker and Cave""; ""Alsos, Farm Hall, and Operation Epsilon""; ""Epilogue""; ""Conclusion""; ""Appendix""; ""Notes""; ""Sources""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778898603321 |
Macrakis Kristie | ||
Oxford University Press, 1994 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Surviving the Swastika [[electronic resource] ] : Scientific Research in Nazi Germany |
Autore | Macrakis Kristie |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford University Press, 1994 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (311 p.) |
Disciplina |
50604309043
509.43 |
Soggetto topico |
History
Research Research - Germany - History Science and state Research - History - Germany Science and state - History - Germany National Socialism Academies and Institutes Societies, Scientific Societies Organizations Science Political Systems Health Care Economics and Organizations Social Sciences Natural Science Disciplines Occupations Delivery of Health Care Sciences - General Physical Sciences & Mathematics |
ISBN |
0-19-972817-8
1-280-44100-3 9786610441006 1-60129-827-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Contents""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""PART I: BEGINNINGS""; ""1 Origins""; ""Germany's Scientific Hegemony Threatened""; ""Foundations""; ""First Creations""; ""World War I""; ""2 The Weimar Years""; ""The Poverty of German Science""; ""Scientists Take Control""; ""International Relations""; ""What's in a Name?""; ""Spawning Industry-Related Sciences""; ""That ""Very Empyrean of Science"" in Berlin-Dahlem""; ""PART II: NATIONAL SOCIALISM""; ""3 From Accommodation to Passive Opposition, 1933-35""; ""Forced Transformations""; ""Rifle at Rest""; ""The Consolidation Process""
""Jewish Scientists Who Stayed or Delayed Departure""""Storm Troopers and Communists""; ""The Balance Sheet: Quantitative and Qualitative Losses""; ""Passive Opposition: the Haber Memorial Service""; ""4 National Socialist Science Policy and the Kaiser Wilhelm Society""; ""Universities""; ""Ministries Transformed""; ""Unification, Nationalization, and Control""; ""Military Science""; ""Mobilization for War""; ""5 The Turning Point, 1936-39""; ""The Last Stand""; ""The Change in Leadership""; ""Research and the Four Year Plan""; ""International Exchange and Isolation"" ""6 The Survival of Basic Biological Research""""The Berlin Biological Community""; ""Scientifically or Politically Qualified?""; ""Viruses, Sex Hormones, and Mutation Genetics""; ""Funding for Basic Biological Research""; ""Eugenics at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institutes""; ""7 The War Years, 1939-45""; ""Albert Vögler: The Perfect but Reluctant President, 1941""; ""Greater Germany and the New Order of German Science""; ""For the Fatherland?""; ""Conditions of Research""; ""8 The Uranium Machine""; ""Uranium Fission""; ""Atomic Beginnings""; ""Nuclear Power Conferences in Berlin-Dahlem, 1942"" ""The Final War Years""""Uranium Machine Experiments in the Bunker and Cave""; ""Alsos, Farm Hall, and Operation Epsilon""; ""Epilogue""; ""Conclusion""; ""Appendix""; ""Notes""; ""Sources""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910808166003321 |
Macrakis Kristie | ||
Oxford University Press, 1994 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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