1. FRITZ HABER
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2. “Bread from the Air”
Haber-Bosch Process allowed for population growth

3. Nitrogen Fixing “Bread from Air”
1909 Haber Process
1910 Industrialized by Carl Bosch (Haber-Bosch Process)
1914 process used to manufacture weapons for WW1
1915 Chlorine Gas used in WW1
1917 Mustard Gas used in WW1
1918 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
The Haber Process allows:
30-40% of world’s population to exist
50% of world’s food to be grown

4. Gas Attacks, WWI 15,000 casualties, 5,000 killed in one attack
Seen as ‘immoral’ and ‘inhuman’

5. Clara Immerwahr Clara Immerwahr, also a chemist, married Haber
First woman to earn a PhD at her university
Haber’s use of poison gas led to her suicide
Their son also committed suicide after Haber’s death

6. Chlorine & Mustard Gas Victims

7. Zyklon A Zyklon B
Haber’s patriotism was not good enough for the Nazi’s
Haber’s Pesticide was adapted to the Nazi genocide gas, after his death
Haber’s relatives became victims

8. Sources Great Minds video Nobel Prize Foundation RadioLab (20min)
Smithsonian.com
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