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Michael Freemantle - The Chemists´ War: 1914-1918 - 9781849739894 - V9781849739894
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The Chemists´ War: 1914-1918

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Within months of the start of the First World War, Germany began to run out of the raw materials it needed to make explosives. As Germany faced imminent defeat, chemists such as Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch came to the rescue with Nobel Prize winning discoveries that overcame the shortages and enabled the country to continue in the war. Similarly, Britain could not have sustained its war effort for four years had it not been for chemists like Chaim Weizmann who was later to become the first president of the State of Israel.

Michael Freemantle tells the stories of these ... Read more

• how chemistry contributed to the care of the sick and wounded and to the health and safety of troops;
• how coal not only powered the war but was also an important source of the chemicals needed for the manufacture of explosives, dyes, medicines and antiseptics;
• how Britain’s production of propellants relied on the slaughter of tens of thousands of whales;
• how a precious metal played a critical role in the war;
• how poisonous chemicals were used as weapons of mass destruction for the first time in the history of warfare and how chemists developed gas masks for protection against these weapons;
• how the British naval blockade of Germany imperilled agricultural production in the United States.

The book will appeal to the general reader as well as the many scientists and historians interested in the Great War.

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Product Details

Publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
358
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849739894
SKU
V9781849739894
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2

About Michael Freemantle
Michael Freemantle is a science writer who has written numerous books and articles on chemistry, the history of science and related topics.

Reviews for The Chemists´ War: 1914-1918
This is an interesting book offering a different view from the large number that have been written on the politics and strategies of the war. It is well written, extensively referenced and includes a useful last chapter on the top 50 chemicals of the Great War. There is a lot of interesting chemistry but the human story is also strong. ... Read more

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