Blackett's war : the men who defeated the Nazi U-boats and brought science to the art of warfare /
Budiansky, Stephen.
New York : Vintage Books,
2013.
In March 1941, after a year of devastating U-boat attacks, the British War Cabinet called upon an intensely private, bohemian physicist named Patrick Blackett to turn the tide of the naval campaign. Though he is little remembered today, Blackett did as much as anyone to defeat Nazi Germany, by revolutionizing the Allied anti-submarine effort through the disciplined, systematic implementation of simple mathematics and probability theory. This is the story of how British and American civilian intellectuals helped change the nature of twentieth-century warfare, by convincing disbelieving military brass to trust the new field of operational research. -- Back cover.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-291) and index.
An unconventional weapon -- Cruelty and squalor -- Cambridge -- Defiance and defeatism -- Remedial education -- Blackett's circus -- The real war -- Baker's dozen -- Closing the gaps -- A very scientific victory -- Political science.
In March 1941, after a year of devastating U-boat attacks, the British War Cabinet called upon an intensely private, bohemian physicist named Patrick Blackett to turn the tide of the naval campaign. Though he is little remembered today, Blackett did as much as anyone to defeat Nazi Germany, by revolutionizing the Allied anti-submarine effort through the disciplined, systematic implementation of simple mathematics and probability theory. This is the story of how British and American civilian intellectuals helped change the nature of twentieth-century warfare, by convincing disbelieving military brass to trust the new field of operational research. -- Back cover.
Blackett, P. M. S. (Patrick Maynard Stuart), Baron Blackett, 1897-1974.
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945
Anti-submarine warfare
World War, 1939-1945