The divergance of systems of warfare east and west and their effects
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Authors
Dugan, David
Publication Date
2004-08-18Language
en_GB
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Video
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Dugan, D. (2004). The divergance of systems of warfare east and west and their effects [Video file]. http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/682
Abstract
In five sequences, Simon Schaffer reflects in an English castle on the differences between warfare in China and the west. The triangle of reliable knowledge whereby new theoretical understanding is fed back into new technologies is discussed. The technology of gun manufacture was an essential pre-requisite for the steam engine and much other machinery; the cannon is a one shot pump or steam cylinder
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war
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