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Gas! Gas! Quick Boys: How Chemistry Changed the First World War
Michael Freemantle
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Description for Gas! Gas! Quick Boys: How Chemistry Changed the First World War
Paperback. This title reveals the true extent of how chemistry rather than military strategy determined the shape, duration and outcome of the First World War. Num Pages: 240 pages, 32 black & white illustrations, 16 black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
The harnessing of the power of chemistry was a key factor in determining the shape and duration of the First World War and ultimately became the difference between winning and losing.The industrial-scale carnage and devastation seen on all fronts during the conflict would not have been possible without the chemistry of war, which generated the huge quantities of metals and explosives required for artillery shells and fuses; for pistol, rifle and machine-gun cartridges; for grenades and trench mortar bombs and for the mines blown up in tunnelling operations. It also created deadly chemical warfare agents, such as chlorine gas, mustard ... Read more
The harnessing of the power of chemistry was a key factor in determining the shape and duration of the First World War and ultimately became the difference between winning and losing.The industrial-scale carnage and devastation seen on all fronts during the conflict would not have been possible without the chemistry of war, which generated the huge quantities of metals and explosives required for artillery shells and fuses; for pistol, rifle and machine-gun cartridges; for grenades and trench mortar bombs and for the mines blown up in tunnelling operations. It also created deadly chemical warfare agents, such as chlorine gas, mustard ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
426g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780750953757
SKU
V9780750953757
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Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
About Michael Freemantle
Michael Freemantle is a chemist. He is the former senior correspondent for Chemical & Engineering News, the weekly magazine of the American Chemical Society, and he has written numerous books on the history of chemistry, including An Introduction to Ionic Liquids.
Reviews for Gas! Gas! Quick Boys: How Chemistry Changed the First World War
Powerful.
Wall Street Journal [A] solid, accessible survey.
Publishers Weekly Compelling overview of the chemical innovations and consequences on both sides of World War I... Highly recommended for science enthusiasts, students of World War I, and those wishing to more seamlessly connect science and history.
Library Journal
Wall Street Journal [A] solid, accessible survey.
Publishers Weekly Compelling overview of the chemical innovations and consequences on both sides of World War I... Highly recommended for science enthusiasts, students of World War I, and those wishing to more seamlessly connect science and history.
Library Journal