Accessory to War: The Unspoken Alliance Between Astophysics and the Military
- ISBN-10
- 1432863819
- ISBN-13
- 9781432863814
- Category
- Political Science
- Pages
- 869
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019
- Publisher
- Thorndike Press Large Print
- Authors
- Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Avis Lang
Description
"Examine[s] how the methods and tools of astrophysics have been enlisted in the service of war ... because the astrophysicists and military planners care about many of the same things: multi-spectral detection, ranging, tracking, imaging, high ground, nuclear fusion, and access to space"--
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