Stephen Budiansky
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
xxi, 389 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"A sweeping history of the NSA and its codebreaking achievements from World War II through the Cold War shares insights into the challenges faced by cryptanalysts and their role in some of the most complicated events of the twentieth century,"--NoveList.
2) The character of cats: the origins, intelligence, behavior, and stratagems of Felis silvestris catus
Author
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
x, 227 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 22 cm
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
xvi, 422 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Budiansky shows that, far from an indecisive and unnecessary conflict--as historians have long dismissed the War of 1812--this "forgotten war" had profound consequences that would change the course of naval warfare, America's place in the world, and the rules of international conflict forever. Never again would the great powers challenge the young republic's sovereignty in the aftermath of the stunning performance of America's navy and privateersmen....
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
xxiii, 306 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Documents the story of a small group of scientists who applied intellectual strategies to battle techniques and revolutionized the process of waging wars, citing the contributions of future Nobel winner Patrick Blackett.
Author
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
322 pages : portraits ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A narrative account of Reconstruction-era violence documents vigilante attacks on African Americans and their white allies, in an analysis that traces the period through the careers of two Union officers, a Confederate general, a northern entrepreneur, and a former slave.
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
xi, 350 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"The first major biography of the logician and mathematician whose incompleteness theorems helped launch a modern scientific revolution. Nearly a hundred years after its publication, Kurt Gödel's famous proof that every mathematical system must contain propositions that are true-- yet never provable-- continues to unsettle mathematics, philosophy, and computer science. Yet unlike Einstein, with whom he formed a warm and abiding friendship, Gödel...
Author
Pub. Date
2008.
Physical Desc
322 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A narrative account of Reconstruction-era violence documents vigilante attacks on African Americans and their white allies, in an analysis that traces the period through the careers of two Union officers, a Confederate general, a northern entrepreneur, and a former slave.