Jeff Hecht
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Beam Weapons describes the technological roots of Ronald Reagan's "Star Wars" quest for a strategic defense system to intercept and destroy nuclear ballistic missiles before they could reach their targets. The goal was to develop radically new beam weapons able to destroy nuclear missiles with beams of laser light or charged particles.The daring program was born at a time of wild technological optimism, when NASA talked of weekly space shuttle flights....
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Adventures in Self-Republishing is a guide for authors who want to revive out of print books by republishing them in print or electronically. It describes options that depend on the format of the book, including whether or not it includes illustrations, how elaborate the type formatting is, and its use of reference citations. It explains the important differences among the major approaches to self-publishing: on paper using print on demand technology,...