Torpedoes, Missiles, and Cannons: Physics Goes to War

by Tim Ripley

In 1878 tiny Russian speedboats raced toward a huge enemy warship in the Black Sea. The speedboats carried new weapons called torpedoes. The Russian torpedoes struck the Turkish warship, and it sank. It was the first time small boats had destroyed a warship.

Physics, or the science of forces, has always been an important part of war. In the late nineteenth century, inventors developed machine guns that could fire thousands of bullets a...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1512439266
• ISBN13: 9781512439267
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Lerner Publications (Tm)
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7