Frontline and Factory: Comparative Perspectives on the Chemical Industry at War, 1914–1924

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Macleod, Roy (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Johnson, Jeffrey Allan (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
• Σειρά: Archimedes, New Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, 16
• Θέματα: History.; Production management.; Political science.; Chemical engineering.; Economics.; History of Science.; Political Science.; History, general.; Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering.; Economic Systems.; Operations Management.

The First World War is often called the ‘chemists’ war’. But few realise precisely how, or the extent to which modern chemistry became a significant factor in the struggle, and would be in turn deeply shaped by it. Gathering momentum at first, by 1916, success in applying scientific knowledge to ‘fr...