Top Technology

by Adrian Gilbert

The enduring appeal of spies and their technology, codes and mysterious ways are explored in this engaging series of four colorful books. Each explores a different aspect of the spy trade, interspersing historical tidbits with tales of spies from popular culture and contemporary movies. Other titles in this series include: Codes and Ciphers, Secret Agents, and Spy School.

Top Technology delves into the super-cool world of gadgets, revealing the amazing cameras, satellites, lie detectors and weapons available to the spy trade. It also discusses phone taps, bugs, lock picks, poisons and sabotage.

32 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

Adrian Gilbert is a British author and historian who writes primarily on the subject of military history – particularly relating to wars of the 20th century.

Reviews

[Bradley]

There's actually some informative knowledge in here. I think it's mostly about showing kids what's 'cool' in espionage, however to expand and extrapolate on the technologies seen here makes one a little...Conscious.

[Ben]

It talks about objects to spy on someone and what weapons, vehicles are the best to spy, for example a blade right in between.

I picked this book because I want to know what tools do they use to spy on someone.

I finished this book because I like their pictures of spy objects.

I recommend this book to Chris because he likes weapons.