It takes the average reader 5 hours and 51 minutes to read Gas! Gas! Quick Boys by Michael Freemantle
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Gas! GAS! Quick, boys! reveals for the first time the true extent of how chemistry rather than military strategy determined the shape, duration and outcome of the First World War. Chemistry was not only a destructive instrument of war but also protected troops, and healed the sick and wounded. From bombs to bullets, poison gas to anaesthetics, khaki to cordite, chemistry was truly the alchemy of the First World War. Michael Freemantle explores its dangers and its healing potential, revealing how the arms race was also a race for chemistry to the extent that Germany's thirst for the chemicals...
Gas! Gas! Quick Boys by Michael Freemantle is 339 pages long, and a total of 87,801 words.
This makes it 114% the length of the average book. It also has 107% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 59 minutes to read Gas! Gas! Quick Boys aloud.
Gas! Gas! Quick Boys is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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