Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
I. BANG! Internal Ballistics
1. Before Gunpowder
2. Gunpowder Weapons
3. The Development of Modern Firearms: New Technical Challenges
II. WHIZZ! External Ballistics
4. Short-Range Trajectories: Elementary Aerodynamics
5. Long-Range Trajectories: Advanced Aerodynamics
6. New Technology, New Ballistics
III. THUD! Terminal Ballistics
7. Stopping the Target
Final Thoughts
Technical Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index

About the Author

After earning a Ph.D. in theoretical physics from Edinburgh University, Mark Denny pursued research at Oxford University from 1981 to 1984, and then moved into a career in industry. He is the author of Ingenium: Five Machines That Changed the World; Blip, Ping, and Buzz: Making Sense of Radar and Sonar; Float Your Boat! The Evolution and Science of Sailing; Froth! The Science of Beer; and Super Structures: The Science of Bridges, Buildings, Dams, and Other Feats of Engineering, all published by Johns Hopkins. Denny is now semi-retired and lives on Vancouver Island.

Reviews

Denny is a physicist who has written several science-related books for general audiences... Much of the book is written in a chatty style, often in the first person. Choice Perhaps the most useful book on ballistics for the layman ever. -- A. A. Nofi StrategyPage