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- Book Title
- Gunpowder : Alchemy, Bombards, and Pyrotechnics: the History of the Explosive That Changed the World
- Publication Name
- Gunpowder
- Title
- Gunpowder
- Subtitle
- Alchemy, Bombards, and Pyrotechnics: The History of the Explosive
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 0465037224
- EAN
- 9780465037223
- ISBN
- 9780465037223
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Genre
- History
- Topic
- Military / General, Military / Wars & Conflicts (Other)
- Release Year
- 2005
- Release Date
- 27/04/2005
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.9in
- Item Length
- 8.4in
- Item Width
- 5.5in
- Item Weight
- 10.3 Oz
- Publication Year
- 2005
- Number of Pages
- 272 Pages
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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.
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Publisher
Basic Books
ISBN-10
0465037224
ISBN-13
9780465037223
eBay Product ID (ePID)
44183364
Product Key Features
Book Title
Gunpowder : Alchemy, Bombards, and Pyrotechnics: the History of the Explosive That Changed the World
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Military / General, Military / Wars & Conflicts (Other)
Publication Year
2005
Genre
History
Number of Pages
272 Pages
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Item Length
8.4in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
5.5in
Height
0.8in
Item Weight
10.3 Oz
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Dewey Decimal
662/.26
Dewey Edition
22
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