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  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Chicago Review Press (Sep 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1556525265
  • ISBN-13: 978-1556525261
  • Product Dimensions: 25.1 x 18 x 1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 100,729 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"A fascinating look at world history, military strategy, and physics, related with an engaging yet lighthearted touch." -- School Library Journal. "This book is a hoot ... the modern version of Fun for Boys and Harper's Electricity for Boys." -- Natural History. "Fascinating." -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer. "Puts the weapons in context of their times." -- Sacramento Bee.

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1.0 out of 5 stars I WOULDN'T KNOW I HAVE NEVER RECEIVED THIS ORDER, 16 Mar 2009
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I HAVE NEVER RECEIVED THIS BOOK? IT WAS ORDERED IN FEBRUARY BUT I HAVE NEVER SEEN IT.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting, 25 Mar 2006
Nice historical survey, good historical anecdotes, some nice small scale models. I'd like to see a bit more depth in the physics or engineering, to make the book more complete.
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4.0 out of 5 stars really good buy, 29 Sep 2007
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this book is great every person who has every wanted to make a wood thingy/catapult/onager/ballista/etc which flings things (especially petrol dipped wood) this is a must have there are 7 projectsl. the one i want to make most the ballista looks like it would take alot of work but would be very worth it. so far i have made the onager (wild donkey) its great i used a bit of copper sheet instead of a whasher for the cup happy flinging
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