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Tyson, Neil deGrasse.
Subjects
Astronautics, Military -- History.
Astrophysics -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Military research -- United States.
Military art and science -- Technological innovations -- History.
Civil-military relations -- History.
Astrophysics -- Miscellanea.
Science and state -- United States.
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Tyson, Neil deGrasse.
Astronautics, Military -- History.
Astrophysics -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Military research -- United States.
Military art and science -- Technological innovations -- History.
Civil-military relations -- History.
Astrophysics -- Miscellanea.
Science and state -- United States.
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Accessory
to
war
: the
unspoken
alliance
between
astrophysics
and the
military
/ Neil deGrasse Tyson and Avis Lang.
by
Tyson, Neil deGrasse.
W.W. Norton & Company, 2018.
Call #:
358.8 T994a
Subjects
Astronautics,
Military
-- History.
Astrophysics
-- Moral and ethical aspects.
Military
research -- United States.
Military
art and science -- Technological innovations -- History.
Civil-military relations -- History.
Astrophysics
-- Miscellanea.
Science and state -- United States.
ISBN:
9780393064445 (hc.)
Description:
xiv, 576 p. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-549) and index.
Contents:
Situational awareness -- A time to kill -- Star power -- Sea power -- Arming the eye -- the ultimate high ground -- Unseen, undetected,
unspoken
-- Detection stories -- Making
war
, seeking peace -- Space power -- A time to heal.
Summary:
Astrophysicist 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, scrutinize it, dominate it, or use it to their advantage and someone else's disadvantage." Spanning early celestial navigation to satellite-enabled warfare, Tyson and Lang examine the intersection of science, technology, industry, and power.
Other authors:
Lang, Avis.
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