{"product_id":"the-chemists-war-michael-freemantle-9781849739894","title":"The Chemists' War: 1914-1918","description":"\u003cp\u003eWithin 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMichael 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: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- how chemistry contributed to the care of the sick and wounded and to the health and safety of troops; \u003cbr\u003e- 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;\u003cbr\u003e- how Britain's production of propellants relied on the slaughter of tens of thousands of whales;\u003cbr\u003e- how a precious metal played a critical role in the war;\u003cbr\u003e- 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; \u003cbr\u003e- how the British naval blockade of Germany imperilled agricultural production in the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book will appeal to the general reader as well as the many scientists and historians interested in the Great War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Freemantle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1849739897\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781849739894\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Royal Society of Chemistry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 342\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.95h x 6.00w x 0.87d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2015","brand":"Michael Freemantle","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44052588036351,"sku":"9781849739894","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fe6c5132-0a81-493e-b00e-d8131f21d99f.jpg?v=1685019667","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-chemists-war-michael-freemantle-9781849739894","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}