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A Bridge Not Attacked : Chemical Warfare Civilian Research During World War II.
This book gives an almost forgotten history concerning civilianuniversity scientists, who carried out research on defense againstpoison gases in some unusual places during World War II. Most of thesewere graduate students, working under the direction of professors atthe California Institute of Techn...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Singapore :
World Scientific,
2004.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book gives an almost forgotten history concerning civilianuniversity scientists, who carried out research on defense againstpoison gases in some unusual places during World War II. Most of thesewere graduate students, working under the direction of professors atthe California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and the University ofCalifornia (Berkeley). The first job on these projects was to makemajor improvements on gas masks. Later, most activities were doneoutdoors to assess the effects of terrain and meteorologicalconditions on the travel and dissipation of toxic gas clouds. Actiontook. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (274 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9789812565396 9812565396 |