Explosives
Subtitle: history with a bang
By: G.I. Brown
Publisher: History
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Stroud
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9780752456966
Subjects: Explosives; History
Description: This entertaining and informative book tells the dramatic tale of explosives from gunpowder to the H-bomb. Laying the emphasis on the lives of the people involved., on the diverse uses of explosives and on their social and historical impact, the author relates a story of remarkable international and human endeavour.
Notes: Prev. ed.: The big bang ; a history of explovies, 1998.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [260]-262) and index.