Submarines - Probing the Ocean Depths (The Encyclopedia of Discovery and Invention)
By Sean M. Grady
Lucent Books | January 1994 | ISBN-10: 1560062274 | 100 pages | scanned PDF | 58.3 mb
https://www.amazon.com/Submarines-Probing-Encyclopedia-Discovery-Invention/dp/1560062274
THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF DISCOVERY AND INVENTION examines those discoveries and inventions that hove hod o sweeping
impact on life and thought in the modern world. Each book explores the ideas that led to the invention or discovery, and more importantly, how the world changed and continues to change because of it. The series also highlights the people behind the achievements - the unique men and women whose singular genius and rich imagination have altered the lives of everyone. Enhanced by photographs and clearly explained technical drawings, these books ore comprehensive examinations of the building blocks of human progress.
About the Author
Sean M. Grady has had a varied career both as a journalist and as a free-lance writer. While attending the University of Southern California, he worked for the entertainment section of the Los Angeles Times as a reporting intern, for California Magazine ?is a research intern, and for the City News Service of Los Angeles—a local news wire—as a general assignment reporter.
Graduating with a bachelor of arts degree in printjournalism in 1988, Grady specialized in business reporting,eventually serving as business editor of the Olympian, a Gannett newspaper in Olympia, Washington. He has written a number of books for Lucent Books, including The Importance ofMarie Curie, Illiteracy, and Plate Tectonics. Grady lives in Sparks, Nevada
CONTENTS
Foreword 7
Introduction 10
CHAPTER 1 Experiments in Submerged Soiling 12
CHAPTER 2 Submarines from New Jersey 24
CHAPTER 3 Unseen Tools of War 38
CHAPTER 4 Wartime Workhorses 49
CHAPTER 5 Weapons of Deterrence 61
CHAPTER 6 The Future 73
Glossary 85
For Further Reading 87
Works Consulted 89
Index 90
About the Author 95
Picture Credits 96
