“The war to end all wars” that had to be renamed “The First World War” ended 100 years ago
STAFF November 11, 2018 — Dan Schlenoff
Editor’s note (4/2/2017): This week marks the 100-year anniversary of the U.S. entry into the First World War. Scientific American, founded in 1845, spent the war years covering the monumental innovations that changed the course of history, from the first tanks and aerial combat to the first widespread attacks with chemical weapons...
STAFF April 2, 2017 — Dan Schlenoff
Reported in Scientific American, this Week in World War I: February 6, 1915
Subtlety and illusion have always played a part in warfare
STAFF April 2, 2017 — Dan Schlenoff
Reported in Scientific American, this Week in World War I: October 24, 1914
STAFF April 2, 2017 — Dan Schlenoff
Reported in Scientific American, This Week in World War I: April 17, 1915. High technology blasted a way through fortified lines in the First World War.
STAFF April 2, 2017 — Dan Schlenoff
Reported in Scientific American , this Week in World War I: June 17, 1916
STAFF April 2, 2017 — Dan Schlenoff
Reported in Scientific American , This Week in World War I: July 3, 1915
STAFF April 2, 2017 — Dan Schlenoff
Following the introduction of large-scale gas attacks, one idea to repel gas was to use fans to blow the gas away—a terrible idea, but until the invention of gas masks there was little else that worked anyway...
STAFF April 2, 2017 — Dan Schlenoff
Reports and opinions in Scientific American on a key tragedy in World War I
STAFF April 2, 2017 — Dan Schlenoff
Reports and opinions in Scientific American on a key tragedy in World War I that had lasting repercussions
STAFF April 2, 2017 — Dan Schlenoff
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