Secret Weapons : Technology, Science and the Race to Win World War II
by Ford, Brian J
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- 1849083908
- ISBN 13
- 9781849083904
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Brian J Ford is a prolific research scientist who launched major science programms for the BBC. His books pioneer new approaches in bringing science to the public. Over 100 editions of his books have been published around the world, and he appears in TV programmes produced in studios ranging from Hollywood to Delhi, and from Germany to Japan. He was a NESTA Fellow 2004-2007, was presented with the inaugural Köhler medal in America for his work in microscopy, and has been nominated for the prestigious Faraday Medal of the Royal Society in London. His work is widely reported and discussed in journals including Scientific American, Nature, New Scientist, The Microscope and the British Medical Journal; his discoveries feature in many text-books and CD-ROMs. In addition to textbooks he has also written the popular 101 Questions about Science books. His First Encyclopaedia of Science (for the pre-teens) sold over 70,000 copies in a month. Brian J Ford contributes to The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph and The Times.
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- Better World Books (US)
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- 3805228-6
- Title
- Secret Weapons : Technology, Science and the Race to Win World War II
- Author
- Ford, Brian J
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Binding
- Hardback
- ISBN 10
- 1849083908
- ISBN 13
- 9781849083904
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Place of Publication
- Botley, Oxford
- This edition first published
- 2011-09-20
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