Secret warriors
Subtitle: key scientists, code breakers and propagandists of the Great War
By: Taylor Downing
Publisher: Little, Brown
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 438
ISBN-13: 9781408704219; 9781408704226
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; Cryptography; Propaganda; Science
Other titles: Key scientists, code breakers and propagandists of the Great War
Description: The First World War is often viewed as a war fought by armies of millions living and fighting in trenches, aided by brutal machinery that cost the lives of many. But behind all of this a scientific war was also being fought between engineers, chemists, physicists, doctors, mathematicians, and intelligence gatherers.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-411) and index