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Effects of Science on the Second World War by Guy Hartcup β€” book cover

Effects of Science on the Second World War

by Guy Hartcup, Bernard Lovell
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Overview

The latest advances in science were fully exploited in World War II. They included radar, sonar, improved radio, methods of reducing disease, primitive computers, the new science of operational research and, finally, the atomic bomb, necessarily developed like all wartime technology in a remarkably short time. Such progress would have been impossible without the cooperation of Allied scientists with the military. The Axis powers' failure to recognize this was a major factor in their defeat.

Synopsis

The latest advances in science were fully exploited in World War II. They included radar, sonar, improved radio, methods of reducing disease, primitive computers, the new science of operational research and, finally, the atomic bomb, necessarily developed like all wartime technology in a remarkably short time. Such progress would have been impossible without the cooperation of Allied scientists with the military. The Axis powers' failure to recognize this was a major factor in their defeat.

About the Author, Guy Hartcup

Guy Hartcup is a retired historian living in London and the author of many books.

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Book Details

Published
July 1, 2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Pages
232
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9781403906434

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