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| 100 | 1 | _aBUDERI Robert | |
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_aThe invention that changed the world: _bthe story of radar from war to peace |
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_aLondon: _bLittle, Brown, _c1997 |
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| 520 | 3 | _aOriginally published: New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996. Brimming with telling anecdotes and suprising revelations, this book brings to life the exciting, largely untold story of the scientist who not only created a winning weapon but also changed our world for ever.In 1940 a team of British Scientists arrived in Washington, bearing Britain's most closely guarded technological secrets, including the cavity magnetron, a revolutionary new source of microwave energy. Its arrival triggered the most dramatic mobilisation of science in history, as America's top scientists enlisted to convert the invention into a potent military weapon. | |
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