Bridge Not Attacked, A: Chemical Warfare Civilian Research During World War II

by Harold Johnston

Paperback, 2004

Status

Available

Call number

940.54

Publication

World Scientific Publishing Company (2004), 276 pages

Description

This book gives an almost forgotten history concerning civilian university scientists, who carried out research on defense against poison gases in some unusual places during World War II. Most of these were graduate students, working under the direction of professors at the California Institute of Technology (Cal tech) and the University of California (Berkeley). The first job on these projects was to make major improvements on gas masks. Later, most activities were done outdoors to assess the effects of terrain and meteorological conditions on the travel and dissipation of toxic gas clouds. Action took

Language

Original language

English

Physical description

276 p.; 9.78 inches

ISBN

9812381538 / 9789812381538
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