Name: gunpowder,alchemy, bombards, and pyrotechnics : the history of the explosive tath changed the world (en Inglés)
SKU: 1729651
Price: 409.43 MXN
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Author: Kelly, Jack
ISBN: 9780465037223

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gunpowder,alchemy, bombards, and pyrotechnics : the history of the explosive tath changed the world (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Jack Kelly

Editorial

Basic Books

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

261

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

21.3x13.7x2 cm

Peso

0.32 kg.

ISBN

0465037224

ISBN13

9780465037223

Categorías

Armas y equipamiento
Historia militar
Química industrial e ingeniería química
Tecnología armamentística, pertrechos militares

gunpowder,alchemy, bombards, and pyrotechnics : the history of the explosive tath changed the world (en Inglés)

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When Chinese alchemists fashioned the first manmade explosion sometime during the tenth century, no one could have foreseen its full revolutionary potential. Invented to frighten evil spirits rather than fuel guns or bombs-neither of which had been thought of yet-their simple mixture of saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal went on to make the modern world possible. As word of its explosive properties spread from Asia to Europe, from pyrotechnics to battleships, it paved the way for Western exploration, hastened the end of feudalism and the rise of the nation state, and greased the wheels of the Industrial Revolution. With dramatic immediacy, novelist and journalist Jack Kelly conveys both the distant time in which the "devil's distillate" rose to conquer the world, and brings to rousing life the eclectic cast of characters who played a role in its epic story, including Michelangelo, Edward III, Vasco da Gama, Cortez, Guy Fawkes, Alfred Nobel, and E.I. DuPont. A must-read for history fans and military buffs alike, Gunpowder brings together a rich terrain of cultures and technological innovations with authoritative research and swashbuckling style.