Spying on the bomb : American nuclear intelligence from Nazi Germany to Iran and North Korea / by Richelson, Jeffrey

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GPS declassified : from smart bombs to smartphones / by Easton, Richard D., Frazier, Eric F.

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Two minutes over Baghdad / by Perlmutter, Amos

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Rethinking media coverage : vertical mediation and the war on terror / by Parks, Lisa

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Newsreel from 1967

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International incidents : the law that counts in world politics /

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Physics for future presidents : the science behind the headlines / by Muller, R.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Terrorism. 1. Nine-eleven -- Inspecting passengers -- Taking control -- Flying and navigating the airplane -- Impact -- 2. …”

Mandela the spear and other poems / by Okai, Atukwei

Table of Contents: “…Cover page; title page; copyright page; dedication; contents; foreword; i; the rosetta stone in the meantime of eternity; the bond-oath of ubuntu; still life: lilly lawns ... little legon ... moonlight ballet; a concerto for the black satellites: in the stoolroom of the soul; ii; the guillotine of time: fanfare for the uncommon woman; fanfare for cabral; watu wazuri; evensong at soweto; mandela the spear; a somersault of the midnight: nelson mandela, the african warrior; iii; on the soulscape of the bullet train; a tea ceremony for the neutron bomb; birds: regina and betty.…”
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Spy capitalism : Itek and the CIA / by Lewis, Jonathan E., 1962-

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13.8 : the quest to find the true age of the universe and the theory of everything / by Gribbin, John, 1946-

Table of Contents: “…Rocks of ages; From the Bomb to the stars; The last should be first; Stardust; 4 13.2 -- The ages of stars; Hertzsprung, Russell and the diagram; Ashes to ashes; Globular cluster ages; White dwarf ages; Radiometric ages and the oldest known star; Part Two: How Do We Know the Age of the Universe?…”
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India's Nuclear Security. by Thomas, Raju G. C.

Table of Contents: “…; The Long Term: The Frustrated Great State; Three Medium-Range Variables; The Timing of the Test; Conclusion; Notes; ch3-Explaining the Indian Nuclear Tests of 1998; Proffered Explanations; An Alternative Explanation; Phase 1: The Origins of India's Nuclear Program; Phase 2: The Chinese Test at Lop Nor; Phase 3: The Road to Pokhran I; Phase 4: A Period of Restraint.…”
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Between war and peace : the Potsdam Conference / by Feis, Herbert, 1893-1972

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Under an Ionized Sky From Chemtrails to Space Fence Lockdown. by Freeland, Elana

Table of Contents: “…Intro; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Introduction: Planetary Lockdown, Geoengineering and "The Deep State"; Catching Up With Chemtrails, Haarp; Chapter 1: Project Cloverleaf; The Ionospheric Heaters; The Delivery Systems; Chemtrails Versus Contrails; Jet Engines; Air Pharmacology I: Jet Fuel and Carbon Black Dust (CBD), Carbon Black Aerosol (CBA), and Coal Fly Ash; "Dumping" Via Engine and Wing Pylon Drain Tubes; Air Pharmacology II: Spray Pyrolysis and Chemi-ionization; Rocket Plume Burns; Ocean Delivery Systems; WSAC Steam Release.…”
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Weapons of mass destruction : the essential reference guide /

Table of Contents: “…Abrin -- Accidental nuclear war -- Agroterrorism (agricultural biological warfare) -- Airborne alert -- Al Qaeda -- Ammonium nitrate fuel oil -- Anthrax -- Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty -- Antinuclear movement -- Anti-satellite weapons -- Arms control -- Aum Shinrikyo -- Australia Group -- Baruch Plan -- Bikini Island -- Binary chemical munitions -- Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention -- Bioregulators -- Blood agents -- Botulism (botulinum toxin) -- Brinkmanship -- Broken arrow -- Brucellosis (Brucella bacterium) -- Chemical Weapons Convention -- Chernobyl -- China, People's Republic of -- Chlorine gas -- Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty -- Cooperative Threat Reduction Program (Nunn-Lugar Program) -- Crisis stability -- Criticality and critical mass -- De-alerting -- Declared facility -- Depleted Uranium (U-238) -- Deterrence -- Deterrence and Defense Posture Review -- Deuterium -- Enrichment -- Extended deterrence -- Fallout -- Fentanyl -- Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty -- France -- Fusion -- Gun-type devices -- Halabja Incident -- Half-life -- Hemorrhagic fever viruses -- Highly enriched uranium -- Hiroshima -- Hydrogen bomb -- Implosion devices -- India -- Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty -- International Atomic Energy Agency -- Iran -- Iraq -- Islamic state -- Isotopes -- Israel -- Joint comprehensive plan of action -- Kaffa, Siege of -- Kiloton -- Libya -- Limited Test Ban Treaty -- Lithium -- Low enriched uranium -- Manhattan Project -- Megaton -- Missile defense -- Missile Technology Control Regime -- Mustard (sulfur and nitrogen) -- Mutual assured destruction -- Nagasaki -- Napalm -- Nerve agents -- Neutron bomb (enhanced radiation weapon) -- New START Treaty -- North Korea -- Nuclear fuel cycle -- Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty -- Nuclear Posture Review -- Nuclear taboo -- Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty -- Nuclear-weapons-free zone -- Nuclear winter -- Pakistan -- Phosphorus -- Pit -- Platue -- Plutonium -- Prague Agenda -- Primary stage -- Psychoincapacitants -- Q fever -- Radiation -- Radiological dispersal device -- Reprocessing -- Ricin -- Russian chemical and biological weapons -- Russian nuclear forces and doctrine -- Smallpox -- South Africa -- Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B -- Stockpile Stewardship Program -- Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I and SALT II) -- Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START I) -- Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START II) -- Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty -- Syria -- Tactical nuclear weapons -- Triad -- Tritium -- Tularemia -- United Kingdom -- Uranium -- U.S. chemical and biological weapons programs -- U.S. nuclear forces and doctrine -- V-agents -- Wassenaar Arrangement -- Weapons of mass destruction -- Weapons-grade material -- Yellow rain -- Yield -- Primary documents.…”
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Understanding the inventions that changed the world by Carlson, W. Bernard

Field, Kate. ALS to Mrs. Leland. Invitation to a lecture on Dickensn.y. Apr. 27 : by Field, Kate

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The engineering book : from the catapult to the Curiosity Rover : 250 milestones in the history of engineering / by Brain, Marshall

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- 30,000 BCE: Bow and arrow -- 3300 BCE: Hunter/gatherer tools -- 2550 BCE: Great Pyramid -- 2000 BCE: Inuit technology -- 1400 BCE: Concrete -- 625 BCE: Asphalt -- 438 BCE: Parthenon -- 312 BCE: Roman aqueduct system -- 100 BCE: Waterwheel -- 79: Pompeii -- 1040: Compass -- 1144: Basilica of Saint Denis -- 1300: Catapult -- 1372: Leaning Tower of Pisa -- 1492: Square-rigged wooden sailboats -- 1600: Great Wall of China -- 1620: Gunter's chain -- 1670: Mechanical pendulum clock -- 1750: Simple machines at Yates Mill -- 1773: Building implosions -- 1784: Power Loom -- 1790: Cotton Mill -- 1794: Cotton Gin -- 1800: High-pressure steam engine -- 1823: Truss bridge -- 1824: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute -- 1825: Erie Canal -- 1830: Tom Thumb Steam Locomotive -- 1835: Combine Harvester -- 1837: Telegraph system -- 1845: Mass production -- 1845: Tunnel boring machine -- 1846: Sewing machine -- 1851: America's Cup -- 1854: Water treatment -- 1855: Bessemer process -- 1856: Plastic -- 1858: Big Ben -- 1859: Oil well -- 1859: Modern sewer system -- 1860: Louisville Water Tower -- 1861: Wamsutta Oil Refinery -- 1861: Elevator -- 1869: Transcontinental Railroad -- 1873: Cable Cars -- 1876: Telephone -- 1878: Power Grid -- 1879: Carbon fiber -- 1885: Supercharger and Turbocharger -- 1885: Washington Monument -- 1886: Statue of Liberty -- 1889: Eiffel Tower -- 1889: Hall-Heroult Process -- 1890: Steam Turbine -- 1891: Carnegie Hall -- 1891: Zuiderzee Works -- 1893: Two-Stroke Diesel Engine -- 1893: Ferris Wheel -- 1897: Diesel Locomotive -- 1899: Defibrillator -- 1902: Air Conditioning -- 1903: EKG/ECG -- 1903: Wright Brothers' Airplane -- 1905: Engineered lumber -- 1907: Professional Engineer Licensing -- 1908: Internal Combustion Engine -- 1910: Laparoscopic surgery -- 1912: Titanic -- 1913: Woolworth Building -- 1914: Panama Canal -- 1917: Laser -- 1917: Hooker Telescope -- 1919: Women's Engineering Society -- 1919: Under Friction Roller Coaster -- 1920: Kinsol Trestle Bridge -- 1920: Radio Station -- 1921: Robot -- 1926: Heart-Lung Machine -- 1927: Electric Refrigeration -- 1931: Empire State Building -- 1935: Tape Recording -- 1936: Hoover Dam -- 1937: Golden Gate Bridge -- 1937: Hindenburg -- 1937: Turbojet Engine -- 1937: Magnetically Levitated Train -- 1938: Formula One Car -- 1939: Norden Bombsight -- 1939: Color Television -- 1940: Tacoma Narrows Bridge -- 1940: Radar -- 1940: Titanium -- 1941: Doped Silicon -- 1942: Spread Spectrum -- 1943: Dialysis Machine -- 1943: SCUBA -- 1944: Helicopter -- 1945: Uranium Enrichment -- 1945: Trinity Nuclear Bomb -- 1946: ENIAC: First Digital Computer -- 1946: Top-Loading Washing Machine -- 1946: Microwave Oven -- 1946: Light Water Reactor -- 1947: AK-47 -- 1947: Transistor -- 1948: Cable TV -- 1949: Tower Crane -- 1949: Atomic Clock -- 1949: Integrated Circuit -- 1950: Chess Computer -- 1951: Jet Engine Testing -- 1952: Center-Pivot Irrigation -- 1952: 3D Glasses -- 1952: Ivy Mike Hydrogen Bomb -- 1953: Automobile Airbag -- 1956: Hard Disk -- 1956: TAT-1 Undersea Cable -- 1957: Frozen Pizza -- 1957: Space Satellite -- 1958: Cabin Pressurization -- 1959: Desalination -- 1960: Cleanroom -- 1961: Tl Line -- 1961: Green Revolution -- 1962: SR-71 -- 1962: Atomic Clock Radio Station -- 1963: Retractable Stadium Roof -- 1963: Irradiated Food -- 1964: Top Fuel Dragster -- 1964: Drip Irrigation -- 1964: Natural Gas Tanker -- 1964: Bullet Train -- 1965: Gateway Arch in St Louis -- 1965: Cluster Munition -- 1966: Compound Bow -- 1966: Parafoil -- 1966: Pebble Bed Nuclear Reactor -- 1966: Dynamic RAM -- 1967: Automotive Emission Controls -- 1967: Apollo 1 -- 1967: Saturn V Rocket -- 1968: C-5 Super Galaxy -- 1968: Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet -- 1969: Lunar Landing -- 1969: ARPANET -- 1969: Space Suit -- 1970: LCD Screen -- 1970: Apollo 13 -- 1970: Fiber Optic Communication -- 1971: Anti-Lock Brakes -- 1971: Lunar Rover -- 1971: Microprocessor -- 1971: CANDU Reactor -- 1971: CT Scan -- 1971: Power Plant Scrubber -- 1971: Kevlar -- 1972: Genetic Engineering -- 1973: World Trade Center -- 1975: Router -- 1976: Concorde -- 1976: CN Tower -- 1976: VHS Videotape -- 1977: Human-Powered Airplane -- 1977: Tuned Mass Damper -- 1977: Voyager Spacecraft -- 1977: Trans-Alaska Pipeline -- 1977: MRI -- 1978: Nitrous Oxide Engine -- 1978: Bagger 288 -- 1979: Seawise Giant Supertanker -- 1980: Flash Memory -- 1980: Ml Tank -- 1980: Stadium TV Screen -- 1981: Bigfoot Monster Truck -- 1981: Space Shuttle Orbiter -- 1981: V-22 Osprey -- 1982: Artificial Heart -- 1982: Neodymium Magnet -- 1983: RFID Tag -- 1983: F-117 Stealth Fighter -- 1983: Mobile Phone -- 1983: Gimli Glider -- 1983: Ethernet -- 1984: 3D Printer -- 1984: Domain Name Service (DNS) -- 1984: Surgical Robot -- 1984: Container Shipping -- 1984: Itaipu Dam -- 1985: Bath County Pumped Storage -- 1985: International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) -- 1985: Virtual Reality -- 1986: Chernobyl -- 1986: Apache Helicopter -- 1990: World Wide Web -- 1990: Hubble Space Telescope -- 1991: Lithium Ion Battery -- 1991: Biosphere 2 -- 1992: Low-Flow Toilet -- 1992: Stormwater Management -- 1993: Keck Telescope -- 1993: Doom Engine -- 1994: Channel Tunnel -- 1994: Digital Camera -- 1994: Global Positioning System (GPS) -- 1994: Kansai International Airport -- 1995: Toy Story Animated Movie -- 1996: Ariel Atom -- 1996: HDTV -- 1997: Prius Hybrid Car -- 1998: International Space Station -- 1998: Large Hadron Collider -- 1998: Smart Grid -- 1998: Iridium Satellite System -- 1999: Wi-Fi -- 2001: Segway -- 2003: Century of Innovation -- 2004: Millau Viaduct -- 2005: Bugatti Veyron -- 2005: Georgia Aquarium -- 2006: Palm Islands -- 2006: AMOLED Screen -- 2007: Smart Phone -- 2008: Quadrotor -- 2008: Carbon Sequestration -- 2008: Engineering Grand Challenges -- 2008: Martin Jet Pack -- 2008: Three Gorges Dam -- 2009: National Ignition Facility -- 2009: Earthquake-Safe Buildings -- 2009: US President's Limousine -- 2010: Solar Impulse Airplane -- 2010: BP Blowout Preventer Failure -- 2010: Burj Khalifa -- 2010: Harry Potter Forbidden Journey Ride -- 2010: Alta Wind Energy Center -- 2010: Tablet Computer -- 2010: X2 and X3 Helicopters -- 2011: Fukushima Disaster -- 2011: Self-Driving Car -- 2011: Instant Skyscraper -- 2011: Watson -- 2012: Curiosity Rover -- 2012: Human-Powered Helicopter -- 2013: NCSU BookBot -- 2014: Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System -- 2016: Venice Flood System -- c-2020: Vactrains -- c-2024: Brain Replication -- c-2030: Mars Colony -- c-3000: Things we have yet to engineer -- Notes and further reading -- Index -- Photo credits.…”