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Throwing Fire: Projectile Technology through History - Softcover

Crosby, Alfred

 
9780521156318: Throwing Fire: Projectile Technology through History
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0521156319 ISBN 13: 9780521156318
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2010

Synopsis

This is a history of hard, accurate throwing and the manipulation of fire as unique human capabilities.

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About the Author

Alfred W. Crosby is Professor Emeritus in American Studies, History, and Geography at the University of Texas, Austin, where he taught for more than 20 years. His previous books include Ecological Imperialism (2nd edition, Cambridge University Press, 2004), America's Forgotten Pandemic: The Influence of 1918 (2nd edition, Cambridge University Press, 2003), and The Measure of Reality: Quantification and Western Society, 1250–1600 (Cambridge University Press, 1997). The Measure of Reality was chosen by the Los Angeles Times as one of the 100 most important books of 1997.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2010
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521156319
ISBN 13 
9780521156318
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
218