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Summary of Accessory to War: The Unspoken Alliance Between Astrophysics and the Military by Neil de Grasse Tyson | Conversation Starters
Accessory to The Unspoken Alliance Between Astrophysics and the Military by Neil de Grasse Tyson | Conversation Starters
Astrophysicists have not produced any weapons of war, but they study the things that military focus their energies on like access to space and nuclear fusion. History shows that knowledge between scientists and the military have flowed both ways. Astrophysicists are "curiously complicit" in their alliance with the war industry. In this highly engaging book, the authors discuss scientific space exploration during the ancient Greek times and move on to Galileo's time, and to today's GPS technology. They tackle a wide range of subjects including spy satellites, the Hubble Space Telescope, Apollo program, the Iran War, and more. Astrophysics is explained in relation to politics and war.
A New York Times bestseller, Accessory to War is written by Neil deGrasse Tyson, the author of the bestselling Astrophysics for People in a Hurry. He and co-author Avis Lang are an astrophysicist and research associate, respectively, at the American Museum of Natural History.
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Astrophysicists have not produced any weapons of war, but they study the things that military focus their energies on like access to space and nuclear fusion. History shows that knowledge between scientists and the military have flowed both ways. Astrophysicists are "curiously complicit" in their alliance with the war industry. In this highly engaging book, the authors discuss scientific space exploration during the ancient Greek times and move on to Galileo's time, and to today's GPS technology. They tackle a wide range of subjects including spy satellites, the Hubble Space Telescope, Apollo program, the Iran War, and more. Astrophysics is explained in relation to politics and war.
A New York Times bestseller, Accessory to War is written by Neil deGrasse Tyson, the author of the bestselling Astrophysics for People in a Hurry. He and co-author Avis Lang are an astrophysicist and research associate, respectively, at the American Museum of Natural History.
A Brief Look
EVERY GOOD BOOK CONTAINS A WORLD FAR DEEPER than the surface of its pages. The characters and their world come alive, and the characters and its world still live on. Conversation Starters is peppered with questions designed to bring us beneath the surface of the page and invite us into the world that lives on.
These questions can be used to...
Create Hours of
Promote an atmosphere of discussion for groups
Foster a deeper understanding of the book
Assist in the study of the book, either individually or corporately
Explore unseen realms of the book as never seen before
This book you are about to enjoy is an independent resource meant to supplement the original book. If you have not yet read the original book, we encourage doing before purchasing this unofficial Conversation Starters.
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April 4, 2020
I loved this book, but I did before I read it because Neil is one my heros. The inspiration to read this came from my father. When in the military, he had experience with new technology for the times such as microwaves/satellites, and ultrasound/communications through water. Discoveries used by space and the military has always been in the front of my mind ever since my dad talked of WWII. Neil is right, it isn't something that the average person really thinks about, which is why this book is so interesting. The historical content is excellent. Accessory to War is the type of book that you read repeating "ah ha" a thousand times. Not many books make you want to investigate further and sink deeper into thought. This one does. Our appeal to technology has huge impact on the war machine while it crosses over so many other thresholds. This book will widely open your eyes, tantalize your desire to learn more, and it will change your perspective of the word, "separation". A MUST READ.
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