A Most Damnable Invention
by Stephen R. Bown (Goodreads author!)
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Read in January, 2006
A solid overview of an interesting subject: the way nitrates have contributed to some of humankinds' worst behaviors (through TNT and other explosives) and best ones (through nitrogen fertilizers). It includes the mesmerizing story of Fritz Haber, who figured out how to create a process for making nitrogen usable, but in the process helped develop the poison gas used in the concentration camps, which kept him from being honored despite having won the Nobel Prize.
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