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Product Identifiers
PublisherChicago Review Press, Incorporated
ISBN-101613738056
ISBN-139781613738054
eBay Product ID (ePID)234428781
Product Key Features
Book TitleBoom! : the Chemistry and History of Explosives
Number of Pages288 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMilitary / Weapons, General, History, Chemical & Biochemical
Publication Year2017
IllustratorYes
GenreTechnology & Engineering, Science, History
AuthorSimon Quellen Field
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight13.8 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2016-047898
Dewey Edition23
Reviews"Field sheds light on a subject you are not likely to get in school and for this he deserves to be applauded."-- Nerd Rage News, "A detailed, comprehensive, impressively informative, and compelling study, Boom! is exceptionally well researched, written, organized and presented. . ." --Midwest Book Review
Dewey Decimal662.2
SynopsisBlack powder, the world's first chemical explosive, was originally developed in the seventh century, during China's Tang dynasty. It was a crude mixture at first, but over time chemists discovered the optimum proportion of sulfur, charcoal, and nitrates, as well as the best way to mix them so that the particles of each component were tiny and homogenous, resulting in a complete and powerful reaction. Author and chemistry buff Simon Quellen Field takes readers on a decades-long journey through the history of things that go boom , from the early days of black powder to today's modern plastic explosives. Not just the who, when, and why, but also the how. How did Chinese alchemists come to create black powder? What accidents led to the discovery of high explosives? How do explosives actually work on a molecular scale? And though most people have a vague understanding that dynamite is more powerful than gunpowder, what does it mean to be more powerful? Boom! The Chemistry and History of Explosives goes back to the original papers and patents written by the chemists who invented them, to shed light on their development, to explore the consequences of their use for good and ill, and to give the reader a basic understanding of the chemistry that makes them possible., Black powder, the world's first chemical explosive, was originally developed in the seventh century, during China's Tang dynasty. It was a crude mixture at first, but over time chemists discovered the optimum proportion of sulfur, charcoal, and nitrates, as well as the best way to mix them so that the particles of each component were tiny and homogenous, resulting in a complete and powerful reaction. Author and chemistry buff Simon Quellen Field takes readers on a decades-long journey through the history of things that go boom , from the early days of black powder to today's modern plastic explosives. Not just the who, when, and why, but also the how. How did Chinese alchemists come to create black powder? What accidents led to the discovery of high explosives? How do explosives actually work on a molecular scale? And though most people have a vague understanding that dynamite is more powerful than gunpowder, what does it mean to be more powerful? Boom The Chemistry and History of Explosives goes back to the original papers and patents written by the chemists who invented them, to shed light on their development, to explore the consequences of their use for good and ill, and to give the reader a basic understanding of the chemistry that makes them possible.
LC Classification NumberTP270.5.F54 2017
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- 06. Apr. 2022
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Gives a lot of history without the technical on how to produce explosives. I bought it to learn when,by whom, and what for these substances are used for then and now.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Neu
