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A bridge not attacked : chemical warfare civilian research during World War II /

This book tells the novel true stories concerning highly talented civilian scientists in some unusual places and situations during World War II. The purpose of this book is to present an almost forgotten history of secret war research in universities. The focus is on the narrow subject of chemical w...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Johnston, Harold, 1920-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: River Edge, N.J. : World Scientific, ©2003.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This book tells the novel true stories concerning highly talented civilian scientists in some unusual places and situations during World War II. The purpose of this book is to present an almost forgotten history of secret war research in universities. The focus is on the narrow subject of chemical warfare research and on a small number of individuals, but with in-depth study of these individuals and what they did. Mostly graduate students and young instructors, they were working under the direction of professors at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and the University of California (Berkeley). Action took place in California, Florida and the jungles of Panama. This history touches on the work of four senior Nobel Prize winners and eight junior, future Nobel Prize winners at Caltech and Berkeley.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 261 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9812565396
9789812565396
981238152X
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1281876976
9781281876973
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