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1) Ender's game
Author
Series
Ender Wiggin volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Ender, who is the result of genetic experimentation, may be the military genius Earth needs in its war against an alien enemy.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this fascinating foray into the centuries-old relationship between science and military power, acclaimed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and writer-researcher Avis Lang examine how the methods and tools of astrophysics have been enlisted in the service of war. "The overlap is strong, and the knowledge flows in both directions," say the authors, because astrophysicists and military planners care about many of the same things: multi-spectral detection,...
Author
Publisher
Gotham Books
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
624 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Combining gripping narrative history with wide-ranging analysis, War Made New focuses on four “revolutions” in military affairs and describes how inventions ranging from gunpowder to GPS-guided air strikes have remade the field of battle—and shaped the rise and fall of empires. War Made New begins with the Gunpowder Revolution and explains warfare’s evolution from ritualistic, drawn-out engagements to much deadlier events, precipitating the...
Author
Publisher
Prometheus Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
320 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
This blend of popular science and military history examines the science of war, demonstrating the close connection between the discovery of basic physical principles and the development of weaponry over the ages. Physics has played a critical role in warfare since the earliest times. Barry Parker highlights famous battles of the past as well as renowned scientists and inventors such as Leonardo, Galileo, Newton, Maxwell, and Einstein whose work had...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
285 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Grunt tackles the science behind some of a soldier's most challenging adversaries ― panic, exhaustion, heat, noise ― and introduces us to the scientists who seek to conquer them. Mary Roach dodges hostile fire with the U.S. Marine Corps Paintball Team as part of a study on hearing loss and survivability in combat. She visits the fashion design studio of U.S. Army Natick Labs and learns why a zipper is a problem for a sniper. She visits a repurposed...
Author
Language
English
Description
Conflict is an inevitable part of life, according to this ancient Chinese classic of strategy, but everything necessary to deal with conflict wisely, honorably, victoriously, is already present within us. Compiled more than two thousand years ago by a mysterious warrior-philosopher, The Art of War is still perhaps the most prestigious and influential book of strategy in the world, as eagerly studied in Asia by modern politicians and executives as...
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Audio
Pub. Date
p2008
Physical Desc
1 MP3-CD sound disc (9 1/2 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An ancient Chinese treatise on war stresses the importance of speed, sound tactics, subterfuge, discipline, appropriate form of attack, and accurate intelligence.
8) Art of war
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Traces the effects of battle strategies outlined in Sun Tzu's "Art of war" on the outcome of wars centuries after the book was written.
Author
Publisher
Kodansha International
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
157 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Setting down his thoughts on swordplay, on winning, and on spirituality, legendary swordsman Miyamoto Musashi intended this modest work as a guide for his immediate disciples and future generations of samurai. He had little idea he was penning a masterpiece that would be eagerly devoured by people in all walks of life centuries after his death. The Book of Five Rings has long been regarded as an invaluable treatise on the strategy of winning. Musashi's...
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