{"product_id":"blacketts-war-the-men-who-defeated-the-nazi-u-boats-and-brought-science-to-the-art-of-warfare-paperback","title":"Blackett's War: The Men Who Defeated the Nazi U-Boats and Brought Science to the Art of Warfare - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStephen Budiansky\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn March 1941, after a year of devastating U-boat attacks, the British War Cabinet turned to an intensely private, bohemian physicist named Patrick Blackett to turn the tide of the naval campaign. Though he is little remembered today, Blackett did as much as anyone to defeat Nazi Germany, by revolutionizing the Allied anti-submarine effort through the disciplined, systematic implementation of simple mathematics and probability theory. This is the story of how British and American civilian intellectuals helped change the nature of twentieth-century warfare, by convincing disbelieving military brass to trust the new field of operational research.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStephen Budiansky is the author of seventeen books about military history, intelligence and espionage, science, the natural world, and other subjects. His most recent books are \u003ci\u003eCode Warriors: NSA's Codebreakers and the Secret Intelligence War Against the Soviet Union\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMad Music: Charles Ives, the Nostalgic Rebel\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBudiansky's writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e magazine and op-ed pages, the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other publications. He is a member of the editorial board of \u003ci\u003eCryptologia\u003c\/i\u003e, the scholarly journal of cryptology and intelligence history, and is on the \u003ci\u003eAmerican Heritage Dictionary\u003c\/i\u003e's Usage Panel. He lives on a small farm in Loudoun County, Virginia.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 05, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51758636106016,"sku":"9780307743633","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ec0b7a436589cfe5d651bc836e534855.webp?v=1780131164","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/blacketts-war-the-men-who-defeated-the-nazi-u-boats-and-brought-science-to-the-art-of-warfare-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}