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Mr. Gatling's Terrible Marvel: the Gun That Changed Everything and the Misunderstood Genius Who Invented It
Julia Keller
Mr. Gatling's Terrible Marvel: the Gun That Changed Everything and the Misunderstood Genius Who Invented It
Julia Keller
A provocative look at the life and times of the man who created the original weapon of mass destruction
Drawing on her investigative and literary talents, Julia Keller offers a riveting account of the invention of the world's first working machine gun. Through her portrait of its misunderstood creator, Richard Jordan Gatling-who naively hoped that the overwhelming effectiveness of a multiple-firing weapon would save lives by decreasing the size of armies and reducing the number of soldiers needed to fight-Keller draws profound parallels to the scientists who would unleash America's atomic arsenal half a century later. The Gatling gun, in its combination of ingenuity, idealism, and destructive power, perfectly exemplifies the paradox of America's rise in the nineteenth century to a world superpower.
Media | Boeken Paperback Book (Boek met zachte kaft en gelijmde rug) |
Vrijgegeven | 1 mei 2009 |
ISBN13 | 9780143115649 |
Uitgevers | Penguin Books |
Pagina's | 320 |
Afmetingen | 146 × 18 × 229 mm · 263 g |
Taal en grammatica | Engels |
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