https://paapereira.xyz/book-authors/avis-lang/Recent content in Book Authors/Avis Lang on paapereira.xyzHugoen-US<a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>©</a> 2008-2026 / <a href='https://gitlab.com/paapereira/paapereira.gitlab.io' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>source code</a>Sun, 14 Jan 2024 16:00:00 +0000https://paapereira.xyz/books/accessory-to-war/Sun, 14 Jan 2024 16:00:00 +0000https://paapereira.xyz/books/accessory-to-war/<h3 id="accessory-to-war-by-neil-degrasse-tyson-and-avis-lang-2018">Accessory to War by Neil deGrasse Tyson and Avis Lang (2018)</h3> <p><img src="https://paapereira.xyz/reads/accessory-to-war.jpg" alt="cover"></p> <ul> <li>Author: <a href="https://paapereira.xyz/book-authors/neil-degrasse-tyson">Neil deGrasse Tyson</a> and <a href="https://paapereira.xyz/book-authors/avis-lang">Avis Lang</a></li> <li>First Published: <a href="https://paapereira.xyz/book-publication-year/2018">September 11, 2018</a></li> <li>Score: <a href="https://paapereira.xyz/book-scores/7/10-books">7/10</a></li> </ul> <blockquote> <p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52199912-accessory-to-war">Goodreads</a></p> <p>In this fascinating foray into the millennia-long relationship between science and military power, acclaimed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and writer Avis Lang examine how the methods and tools of astrophysics have been enlisted in the service of war. “The overlap is strong, and it’s a two- way street,” say the authors, because the astrophysicists and military planners care about many of the same things: multi- spectral detection, ranging, tracking, imaging, high ground, nuclear fusion, and access to space. Tyson and Lang call it a “curiously complicit” alliance.</p>