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Big Bang

Author: Brown, G.I.
Hardback; Book; 60 B&w Illustrations
262 pages
Published: September 1998
Sutton Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 0750918780

Gunpowder was first used in China around 850 AD but appeared in the western world roughly 500 years later. Dynamite and a host of other explosives replaced it. Then came the atomic bomb andthe post-war development of the H-bomb. Many of those involved, Roger Bacon, Alfred Nobel, and Dupont among others, played crucial roles in the development of the explosive. The Big Bang tells the tales of the personalities involved and highlights the uses and impact of explosives in both war and terrorism, and in civil engineering, quarrying, mining, demolition, fireworks and sport.'The Big Bang - A History of Explosives'. The dramatic story of remarkable international human endeavour. Covers explosives' historical impact, e.g. in American Civil War.A retired chemistry professor narrates the thousand-year history of the powerful portable energy source, from the appearance of gunpowder in China about AD 850 to atomic bombs. He emphasizes the lives of the people involved, the diverse uses of explosives, and their social and historical impact. His

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