Fritz Haber-Chemist and Patriot

The name Fritz Haber has long been associated with the well-known process of synthesizing ammonia from its elements. While primarily known for developing a process which ultimately relieved the world of dependence on Chilean ammonia, this twentieth century Nobel prize winner was also involved in the varying fortunes of Germany in World War I and in the rise to power of the Nazi regime. Haber was born on December 9, 1868 in Prussia. He was the son …

…an appropriate illustration that science is a world-wide activity, not necessarily a geo-political one. Bibliography "Editor's Outlook," Journal of Chemical Education, 1931, 84, pp. 1-3. Farber, Edward, Nobel Prize Winners in Chemistry, Abelard-Schuman, New York, 1953. Farber, Edward, Great Chemists, Interscience Publishers, New York, 1961. Gillispie, Charles C., Dictionary of Scientific Biography, Vol.5, Scribner's, New York,1973. Goran, Morris, "The Present Day Significance of Fritz Haber," American Scientist, July 1947, pp. 401-404. Haber, L.F., The Poison Cloud, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1986.