How the Nazis invented nerve agents like sarin — Speaking of Chemistry

Nerve agents have a surprising history, and it’s just as morbid as you’d expect. Read more at http://cen.acs.org/articles/94/i41/Nazi-origins-deadly-nerve-gases.html

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Much of this history is explained excellently in the late Jonathan Tucker’s book War on Nerves
http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/180879/war-of-nerves-by-jonathan-b-tucker/9781400032334/

If this episode leaves you curious about the history of chemical weapons, we put together this package to reflect on the 100th anniversary of the World War One attack on Flander’s Fields.
http://chemicalweapons.cenmag.org/

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