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Master Mind : The Rise and Fall of Fritz Haber, the Nobel Laureate Who Launched the Age of Chemical Warfare by Daniel Charles (2005, Hardcover)

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FRITZ HABER -- a Nobel laureate in chemistry, a friend of Albert Einstein, a German Jew and World War I hero -- may be the most important scientist you have never heard of. The Haber-Bosch process, which he invented at the turn of the twentieth century, revolutionized agriculture by converting nitrogen to fertilizer in quantities massive enough to feed the world. The invention has become an essential pillar for life on earth; some two billion people on our planet could not survive without it. Yet this same process supplied the German military with explosives during World War I, and Haber orchestrated Germany's use of an entirely new weapon -- poison gas. Eventually, Haber's efforts led to Zyklon B, the gas later used to kill millions -- including Haber's own relatives -- in Nazi concentration camps. Haber is the patron saint of guns and butter, a scientist whose discoveries transformed the way we produce food and fight wars. His legacy is filled with contradictions, as was his personality. For some, he was a benefactor of humanity and devoted friend. For others, he was a war criminal, possessed by raw ambition. An intellectual gunslinger, enamored of technical progress and driven by patriotic devotion to Germany, he was instrumental in the scientific work that inadvertently supported the Nazi cause; a Jew and a German patriot, he was at once an enabler of the Nazi regime and its victim. Master Mind is a thought-provoking biography of this controversial scientist, a modern Faust who personifies the paradox of science, its ability to create and to destroy. It offers a complete chronicle of his tumultuous and ultimately tragic life, from his childhood and rise to prominence in the heady days of the German Empire to his disgrace and exile at the hands of the Nazis; from early decades as the hero who eliminated the threat of starvation to his lingering legacy as a villain whose work led to the demise of millions.

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HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0060562722
ISBN-13
9780060562724
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Book Title
Master Mind : The Rise and Fall of Fritz Haber, the Nobel Laureate Who Launched the Age of Chemical Warfare
Author
Daniel Charles
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Cultural Heritage, Military / World War II, Military / World War I, Science & Technology
Publication Year
2005
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Number of Pages
336 Pages

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8.2in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
5.6in
Item Weight
17.5 Oz

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Qd22.H15c48 2005
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[A]n outstanding work, and one which should be mandatory reading for critics and cheerleaders of science alike., [A] thorough, sensitive, beautifully written account.. It is hard to imagine that a more insightful portrait of Haber.
Copyright Date
2005
Lccn
2004-057532
Dewey Decimal
540/.92 B
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes

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