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272 pages • first pub 2004 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780465037223
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Basic Books
Edition Pub Date: Not specified
Description
When Chinese alchemists fashioned the first manmade explosion sometime during the tenth century, no one could have foreseen its full revolutionary potential. Invented to frighten evil spirits rather than fuel guns or bombs-neither of which had bee...
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272 pages • first pub 2004 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780465037223
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Basic Books
Edition Pub Date: Not specified
Description
When Chinese alchemists fashioned the first manmade explosion sometime during the tenth century, no one could have foreseen its full revolutionary potential. Invented to frighten evil spirits rather than fuel guns or bombs-neither of which had bee...