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Chamber divers : the untold story of the D-Day scientists who changed special operations forever / Rachel Lance

Author
Lance, Rachel
Additional Titles
Untold story of the D-Day scientists who changed special operations forever
Published
[New York, New York] : Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2024]
Copyright Date
©2024
Physical Description
438 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Contents
Prologue: "A piece of cake" -- Professor Haldane and Dr. Spurway's problem -- Brooklyn Bridge of death -- Devil's bubbles -- Subsunk -- Love, cooking, and communism -- Drunk and doing math -- Everyday poisonous gases -- The blitz -- The piggery -- The littlest pig -- Lung maps -- Nerves -- The inevitable solution -- The midget subs -- Airs of Overlord -- The operations -- The longest days -- The unremembered.
Summary
"This is a previously classified story of one group of scientific researchers--men and women--who exposed themselves to extraordinary risks to make D-Day a success"--
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ISBN
9780593184936 (hardcover)
0593184939 (hardcover)
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Place of publication from publisher's website.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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