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Author
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
xviii, 364 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Tells the incredible story of how Detroit answered the call to arms during WWII, centering on Henry Ford and his tortured son Edsel, who, when asked if they could deliver 50,000 airplanes, made an outrageous claim: Ford Motor Company would erect a plant that could yield a "bomber an hour."
Author
Publisher
Random House Trade Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
2013 Random House Trade paperback edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 413 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Assesses the pivotal role of American big business in building weapons and enabling industrial dominance for Allied forces in World War II, tracing the contributions of Danish immigrant William Knudsen and shipbuilding industrialist Henry Kaiser.
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Reporter Bob Wilton is trying to lose himself in the romance of war after his marriage fails. He gets more than he bargains for when he meets a special forces agent who reveals the existence of a secret, military unit whose goal is to end war as we know it. With unparalleled psychic powers, they can read the enemy's thoughts, pass through solid walls, and even kill a goat by simply staring at it. Now, the founder of the unit has gone missing and the...
8) Atomic America: how a deadly explosion and a feared admiral changed the course of nuclear history
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st Free Press hardcover ed.
Physical Desc
viii, 277 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Stackpole Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
x, 581 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Edwin Land had barely settled into his seat on the plane when the flash went off. An idea for an innovative WWII technology that might help eradicate the fascist cancer devouring the free world. It was Polaroid's Optical Ring Sight, which magically projected a bullseye of brilliantly colored rings onto the sky--like rings of fire--to aim American antiaircraft guns that previously "couldn't hit the broad side of a barn." This is the compelling story...
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
2nd ed.
Physical Desc
xxiii, 328 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Today's scientists are showing us how stem cells create and repair the human body. Unlocking these secrets has become the new Holy Grail of biomedical research. But behind that research lies a sharp divide, one that has continued for years, as using human embryonic stem cells is strongly opposed by many people. While stem cells offer the hope of creating or repairing tissues lost to age, disease, and injury, they also hold the potential to incite...