Book ID: CBB000550555

Greek Fire, Poison Arrows, and Scorpion Bombs: Biological and Chemical Warfare in the Ancient World (2003)

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Mayor, Adrienne (Author)


Overlook Duckworth


Publication Date: 2003
Physical Details: 319 pp.; ill.; maps; bibl.; index
Language: English

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Review Mauskopf, Seymour H. (2005) Review of "Greek Fire, Poison Arrows, and Scorpion Bombs: Biological and Chemical Warfare in the Ancient World". Ambix: Journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry (p. 90). unapi

Review Balmer, Brian (2005) Review of "Greek Fire, Poison Arrows, and Scorpion Bombs: Biological and Chemical Warfare in the Ancient World". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences. unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Baier, Christof
Spina, Luigi
Reinisch, Ulrich
Formisano, Marco
Maurizio Gatto
Jones, James Ellis
Journals
Technai, An International Journal for Ancient Science and Technology
VIET: Voprosy Istorii Estestvoznaniia i Tekhniki
Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society
Publishers
University Press of Kansas
University of Toronto Press
University of Nebraska Press
Routledge
Reaktion Books
Peterburgskoe Vostokovedenie
Concepts
Science and war; science and the military
Military technology
Biological weapons
Chemical weapons
Technology and war; technology and the military
World War II
People
Banting, Frederick Grant
Time Periods
Ancient
20th century
20th century, late
20th century, early
Early modern
Renaissance
Places
Greece
Rome (Italy)
Japan
Great Britain
United States
Middle and Near East
Institutions
United States Marine Corps
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