Master Mind: The Rise and Fall of Fritz Haber, the Nobel Laureate Who Launched the Age of Chemical Warfare.MASTER MIND: The Rise and Fall of Fritz Haber Noun 1. Fritz Haber - German chemist noted for the synthetic production of ammonia from the nitrogen in air (1868-1934) Haber , the Nobel Laureate Who Launched the Age of Chemical Warfare DANIEL CHARLES This is the first biography of a little-known German scientist whose impact on the first half of the 20th century was staggering. Haber won the Nobel Prize In Chemistry The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Swedish: Nobelpriset i kemi) is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. It is one of the six Nobel Prizes. The first prize was awarded in 1901. for creating the first chemical fertilizers, a development that today is responsible for feeding half of the world's population. During World War I, German munitions mu·ni·tion n. War materiel, especially weapons and ammunition. Often used in the plural. tr.v. mu·ni·tioned, mu·ni·tion·ing, mu·ni·tions To supply with munitions. makers modified this process, enabling them to continue making explosives after depleting their traditional sources of nitrates. Later in the war, Haber created the first chemical weapons for the German army. That Haber, a Jew, was a committed German nationalist and a hero didn't save him when Hitler came to power. Haber was exiled to Switzerland in 1933 and died shortly thereafter. He didn't live to see the Zyklon-B gas that he developed as an insecticide become the agent of extermination extermination mass killing of animals or other pests. Implies complete destruction of the species or other group. of Jews, including members of his own family, in Nazi concentration camps
Prior to and during World War II, Nazi Germany maintained concentration camps (Konzentrationslager, abbreviated KZ or KL) throughout the territories it controlled. . Readers will find this harsh account of Haber's life a fascinating but sobering tale of a scientist who made a Faustian bargain for success. Ecco, 2005, 336 p., b&w photos, hardcover, $24.95. |
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