{"product_id":"mr-gatlings-terrible-marvel-the-gun-that-changed-everything-and-the-misunderstood-genius-who-invented-it-9780143115649","title":"Mr. Gatling's Terrible Marvel: The Gun That Changed Everything and the Misunderstood Genius Who Invented It","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Julia Keller\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc\/Tr\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc\/Tr\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Science \u0026amp; Technology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA provocative look at the life and times of the man who created the original weapon of mass destruction\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on her investigative and literary talents, Julia Keller offers a riveting account of the invention of the world's first working machine gun. Through her portrait of its misunderstood creator, Richard Jordan Gatling-who naively hoped that the overwhelming effectiveness of a multiple-firing weapon would save lives by decreasing the size of armies and reducing the number of soldiers needed to fight-Keller draws profound parallels to the scientists who would unleash America's atomic arsenal half a century later. The Gatling gun, in its combination of ingenuity, idealism, and destructive power, perfectly exemplifies the paradox of America's rise in the nineteenth century to a world superpower.","brand":"Penguin Adult Hc\/Tr","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45408453132439,"sku":"9780143115649","price":2144.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780143115649.webp?v=1767309927","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/mr-gatlings-terrible-marvel-the-gun-that-changed-everything-and-the-misunderstood-genius-who-invented-it-9780143115649","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}