12 Seconds of Silence: How a Team of Inventors, Tinkerers, and Spies Took Down a

Description: 12 Seconds of Silence by Jamie Holmes, Chris Mayers The riveting story of the American scientists, tinkerers, and nerds who solved one of the biggest puzzles of World War II--and developed one of the most powerful weapons of the war.12 Seconds of Silence is the remarkable, lost story of how a rag tag group of American scientists overcame one of the toughest problems of World War II: shooting things out of the sky.Working in a secretive organization known as Section T, a team of physicists, engineers, and everyday Joes and Janes created one of the worlds first "smart weapons"--the proximity fuse. The tiny gadget allowed an artillery shell to "know" when to explode to bring down an aircraft. Against overwhelming odds and in a race against time, mustering every scrap of resource, ingenuity, and insight, the scientists of Section T would eventually save countless lives, rescue the city of London from the onslaught of a Nazi superweapon, and help bring about the Axis defeat. A holy grail sought after by Allied and Axis powers alike, the fuse ranks with the atomic bomb as one of the most revolutionary technologies of the Second World War. Until now, its tale was largely untold.For fans of Erik Larson and Ben Macintyre, set amidst the fog of espionage, dueling spies, and the dawn of an age when science would determine the fate of the world, 12 Seconds of Silence is a tribute to the extraordinary wartime mobilization of American science and the ultimate can-do story. FORMAT Compact Disc LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography JAMIE HOLMES is a writer living in Washington, D.C. His work has appeared in print or online in the New York Times, TheNew Yorker, Slate, the Christian Science Monitor, the New Republic, the Atlantic, Foreign Policy, USA Today, CNN, and the Daily Beast.Chris Myers Asch teaches history at Colby College and runs the non-profit Capital Area New Mainers Project. Review "Holmes writes like a dream...it all unfolds with the pace of a thriller."-- "Peter Bergen, New York Times bestselling author" Review Quote "Holmes writes like a dream...it all unfolds with the pace of a thriller." Details ISBN1094145947 Author Chris Mayers Short Title 12 Seconds of Silence Language English Year 2020 ISBN-10 1094145947 ISBN-13 9781094145945 Publication Date 2020-08-04 Playing time 752 Publisher Houghton Mifflin Format Compact Disc Imprint Houghton Mifflin Narrator Chris Mayers Subtitle How a Team of Inventors, Tinkerers, and Spies Took Down a Nazi Superweapon DEWEY 623.4542 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:158477781;

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