Accessory to War
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In this fascinating foray into the millennia-long relationship
between science and military power, acclaimed astrophysicist and
",the world's best science communicator", (Times Literary
Supplement) 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, ranging, tracking, imaging, high
ground, nuclear fusion and access to space. Tyson and Lang call it
a ",curiously complicit", alliance.",The universe is both the
ultimate frontier and the highest of high grounds",, they write.
",Shared by both space scientists and space warriors, it's a
laboratory for one and a battlefield for the other. The explorer
wants to understand it, the soldier wants to dominate it.But
without the right technology-which is more or less the same
technology for both parties-nobody can get to it, operate in it,
scrutinise it, dominate it or use it to their advantage and someone
else's disadvantage.", Spanning early celestial navigation to
satellite-enabled warfare, Accessory to War is a richly researched
and provocative examination of the intersection of science,
technology, industry and power that will introduce Tyson's millions
of fans to yet another dimension of how the universe has shaped our
lives and our world.
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