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The Social Side of a Scientific Breakthrough: Fritz Haber, Walther Nernst, and the Discovery of Ammonia Synthesis 1830–1930

A depiction of oxygen, carbon and water cycles in nature and another with members of a conference raising their hands No 83 Ammonia synthesis. Central to the mass production of fertilizer and explosives. It has been billed as the most consequential scientific breakthrough of the twentieth century. Historical perspectives on ammonia range from technological development to natural resource use, geopolitics, wartime industry, and social inclusion.
  • Benjamin Johnson
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