History 138:  Science in the U.S.

Class 28 (10/28)
The chemists' war: fighting WWI

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Outline WWI:  a new sort of conflict

Putting psychology to work
  The needs of mass mobilization
  Psychologists seize the moment
  The tests
  Consequences
    For military practice
    For postwar discussions
    For psychology

The chemists' war
  Gas warfare
  Sanctions, treaties, and the nature of war
  Developments after 1925

Names and Terms
Primary Secondary
chlorine gas
mustard gas
Chemical Warfare Service
The Hague declaration (1899)
Geneval Protocol (1925)
American Chemical Society
James B. Conant (1893-1978)
nerve gases
anthrax
Robert M. Yerkes (1876-1956) 
American Psychological Association
Binet-Simon tests
nitrates
lewisite
adamsite
Fritz Haber (1868-1934, NP 1918)
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