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Gas! Gas! Quick, Boys - How Chemistry Changed the First World War (Paperback)
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Gas! Gas! Quick, Boys - How Chemistry Changed the First World War (Paperback)
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List price R475
Loot Price R391
Discovery Miles 3 910
You Save R84 (18%)
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Gas! GAS! Quick, boys! reveals for the first time the true extent
of how chemistry rather than military strategy determined the
shape, duration and outcome of the First World War. Chemistry was
not only a destructive instrument of war but also protected troops,
and healed the sick and wounded. From bombs to bullets, poison gas
to anaesthetics, khaki to cordite, chemistry was truly the alchemy
of the First World War. Michael Freemantle explores its dangers and
its healing potential, revealing how the arms race was also a race
for chemistry to the extent that Germany's thirst for the chemicals
needed to make explosives deprived the nation of fertilizers and
nearly starved the nation. He answers question such as: What is
guncotton? What is lyddite? What is mustard gas? What is phosgene?
What is gunmetal? This is a true picture of the horrors of the
'Chemists' War'.
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