Author: Crosby, Alfred W.
Title: Throwing Fire: Projectile Technology Through History
Description: Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, (2002). orig.boards. 23x15cm, xii,206 pp. Textual photo illustrations.. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ Contents: Who, Why & How: The Pliocene: Something New is Afoot; The First Acceleration: Hominids Become a Keystone Species & Their Own Worst Enemies:The Pliocene & Pleistocene: "You Are What You Throw"; "Cooking the Earth"; The Upper Paleolithic: "Humans & Other Catastrophes"; From Weapon Craftsmanship to Weapon Technology; The Second Acceleration: Gunpowder: The Chinese Elixir; Gonpowder as a Centripetal Force; Brown Bess to Big Bertha; The Third Acceleration: Into Extraterrestrial & Subatomic Space: The V-2 & the Bomb; The Longest Thtow; The Fourth Acceleration.

Keywords: History of Technology, Weaponry, Weapon, Projectile Weapons, Projectiles, Science, , ,