| Management number | 231987706 | Release Date | 2026/06/18 | List Price | US$3.44 | Model Number | 231987706 | ||
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A sweeping history of tragic genius, cutting-edge science, and the Haber-Bosch discovery that changed billions of lives—including your own. At the dawn of the twentieth century, humanity was facing global disaster: Mass starvation was about to become a reality. A call went out to the world’ s scientists to find a solution. This is the story of the two men who found it: brilliant, self-important Fritz Haber and reclusive, alcoholic Carl Bosch. Together they discovered a way to make bread out of air, built city-sized factories, and saved millions of lives. But their epochal triumph came at a price we are still paying. The Haber-Bosch process was also used to make the gunpowder and explosives that killed millions during the two world wars. Both men were vilified during their lives; both, disillusioned and disgraced, died tragically. The Alchemy of Air is the extraordinary, previously untold story of a discovery that changed the way we grow food and the way we make war–and that promises to continue shaping our lives in fundamental and dramatic ways. Read more
| ASIN | B001EUGCTS |
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| XRay | Not Enabled |
| ISBN13 | 978-0307449993 |
| Edition | 1st |
| Language | English |
| File size | 3.3 MB |
| Page Flip | Enabled |
| Publisher | Crown |
| Word Wise | Enabled |
| Print length | 338 pages |
| Accessibility | Learn more |
| Screen Reader | Supported |
| Publication date | August 26, 2008 |
| Enhanced typesetting | Enabled |
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