Tom Shachtman
Author
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Explores the scientific pursuits and discoveries of the Founding Fathers, from George Washington's embrace of an experimental vaccination for smallpox that saved the American army in 1777 to Thomas Paine's many inventions, including the first-ever iron span bridge. --Publisher's description.
3) Terrors and marvels: how science and technology changed the character and outcome of World War II
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2007, ©2006
Language
English
Description
"For fifteen years, Shiya Ribowsky worked as a medicolegal investigator in New York Citys medical examiners officethe largest, most sophisticated organization of its kind in the world. Utilizing his background in medicine, he led the investigations of more than eight thousand individual deaths, becoming a key figure in some of New Yorks most bizarre death cases and eventually taking charge of the largest forensic investigation ever attempted: identifying...