Enriching the earth: Fritz Haber, Carl Bosch, and the transformation of world food production

Abstract

Vaclav Smil admits in the postscript of this book that he had planned originally to write a biography of Fritz Haber.He does in fact include a summary of both Haber's and Carl Bosch's lives in the postscript, but the book itself is dedicated to the discovery, marketing, and consequences of the synthesis of ammonia.The book is interdisciplinary; with individual chapters being of interest to specific groups, but with its historical overview will appeal to a wide group of readers.