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The Big Bang: A History of Explosives (Brown, G. I.)

Jeffrey Kovac

Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-1600

J. Chem. Educ., 2001, 78 (1), p 36

DOI: 10.1021/ed078p36.1

Publication Date (Web): January 1, 2001

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Chronological history of the development and use of explosives beginning with Greek fire and the invention of gunpowder and ending with the hydrogen bomb.

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