Secret warriors : key scientists, code breakers and propagandists of the Great War
Downing, Taylor2015
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The First World War is often viewed as a war fought by armies of millions living and fighting in trenches, aided by brutal machinery that cost the lives of many. But behind all of this a scientific war was also being fought between engineers, chemists, physicists, doctors, mathematicians, and intelligence gatherers.
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Author:
Downing, Taylor, author
Imprint:
London : Abacus, 2015.
Collation:
viii, 438 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: London: Little, Brown, 2014.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780349138831 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
940.48641940.4864
Local class:
940.48641
Language:
English
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BRN:
2211155