Description
Product ID: | 9781849739894 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Chemists' War |
Subtitle: | 1914-1918 |
Authors: | Author: Michael Freemantle |
Page Count: | 358 |
Subjects: | History of science, History of science, Chemistry, Chemistry |
Description: | Select Guide Rating The 1914-18 war has been referred to as the ‘chemists’ war’ and to commemorate the centenary this collection of essays will examine various facets of the role of chemistry in the First World War. Written by an experienced science writer, this will be of interest to scientists and historians with an interest in this technologically challenging time. 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 and many other chemists and explains how their work underpinned and shaped what became known as The Chemists’ War. He reveals: • how chemistry contributed to the care of the sick and wounded and to the health and safety of troops; The book will appeal to the general reader as well as the many scientists and historians interested in the Great War. |
Imprint Name: | Royal Society of Chemistry |
Publisher Name: | Royal Society of Chemistry |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2014-09-01 |