Wednesday, February 07, 2007

Imaginary weapons: a journey through the Pentagon’s scientific underworld

Author: Weinberger, Sharon
Title: Imaginary weapons: a journey through the Pentagon’s scientific underworld
Published: New York: Nation Books, 2006
Description: xxviii, 276 p. ; 22 cm.
Subject(s):
  • Military weapons -- Research -- United States
  • Fraud in science -- United States
  • Science -- Methodology

Review(s):

  • Hecht, Jeff. "A perverse military strategy: the development of a new type of mini-nuke is a classic tale of fringe science making it onto the military research agenda, but Jeff Hecht wonders if there might have been more to it.(Imaginary Weapons : A Journey through the Pentagon's Scientific Underworld)." New Scientist 190.2556 (June 17, 2006): 57
  • "Imaginary Weapons: A Journey through the Pentagon's Scientific Underworld.(Sharon Weinberger)." Publishers Weekly 253.15 (April 10, 2006): 53

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