Larrie D. Ferreiro
Autor(a) de Brothers at Arms : American Independence and the Men of France and Spain Who Saved It
About the Author
Larrie D. Ferreiro is a naval architect and historian who served for more than thirty-five years in the US Navy, the US Coast Guard, and the Department of Defense. An Adjunct Professor of Engineering and History at George Mason University, he is the author of the award-winning Ships and Science mostrar mais (MIT Press) and Brothers in Arms, a Pulitzer Prize finalist in History. mostrar menos
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Obras por Larrie D. Ferreiro
Brothers at Arms : American Independence and the Men of France and Spain Who Saved It (2016) 111 exemplares
Ships and Science: The Birth of Naval Architecture in the Scientific Revolution, 1600-1800 (Transformations: Studies in… (2006) 33 exemplares
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Churchill's American Arsenal: The Partnership… por Larrie D. Ferreiro
History of military cooperation between the UK and the US in World War II. There was a lot of interchange, especially when it came to production. Both sides were initially reluctant—the UK didn’t want to transfer its tech—but they ignored that when the situation got bad.
he role of the French and Spanish in American independence. So trans-Atlantic it hurts—but it’s a new angle for me on the Revolution, which is really about how it fit into Continental power politics and often about how frustrating the French (and to a more limited extent the Spanish) found the fractious colonists, who could help them only if they committed to independence.
This story of the Geodesic Mission to the Equator (aka the French Geodesic Mission) has several things going for it. It is a well written narrative, which is no small challenge considering the number of principle characters that are involved. The author maintains a good flow to the narrative, even during those occurrences when he needs to backtrack in time to cover the activities of those principles who are separated from the main expedition for one reason or another. Additionally, he brilliantly conveys the science of the expedition in a lucid manner that avoids dragging the narrative down in tedious technical jargon or tangential discussions.
It is an incredible story, almost epic in it's grand scale of time and distance. It travels from the salons of Paris to the slave markets of Haiti, the volcanoes of Ecuador and the jungles of the Amazon. Members of the expedition, scientists, surgeons, soldiers, servants and slaves, were thousands of miles away from home, exposed to tropical heat, mountainous cold, disease, treachery and much more. It's all amazing, even more so because it's true.… (mais)
It is an incredible story, almost epic in it's grand scale of time and distance. It travels from the salons of Paris to the slave markets of Haiti, the volcanoes of Ecuador and the jungles of the Amazon. Members of the expedition, scientists, surgeons, soldiers, servants and slaves, were thousands of miles away from home, exposed to tropical heat, mountainous cold, disease, treachery and much more. It's all amazing, even more so because it's true.… (mais)
A thrilling tale of adventure, political history, and scientific discovery, Measure of the Earth recounts the greatest scientific expedition of the Enlightenment through the eyes of the men who completed it—pioneers who overcame tremendous adversity to traverse the towering Andes Mountains in order to discern the Earth’s shape. In the process they also opened the eyes of Europe to the richness of South America and paved the way for scientific cooperation on a global scale.
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- Obras
- 5
- Membros
- 259
- Popularidade
- #88,671
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- 3.6
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- 6
- ISBN
- 21
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- 1