| | JCE 2006 (83) 1605 [Nov] Fritz Haber: Chemist, Nobel Laureate, German, Jew: A Biography (Dietrich Stoltzenberg) |
 | | The Fritz Haber who inhabits our chemistry courses in the Haber process for synthesizing ammonia from nitrogen and hydrogen and the Born–Haber cycle for rationalizing the formation of ionic salts is one of the most brilliant, complex, and contradictory figures in the history of science. |
 | | Haber’s glory years were the 17 that he spent at Karlsruhe, first in the institute run by Hans Bunte as a research associate, then as the equivalent of an assistant and associate professor, and later as professor and director of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. |
 | | Haber was a German patriot, who put the resources of his Institute at the service of his country during World War I. Synthetic ammonia became the feedstock for explosives and ammunition when Germany’s access to nitrate mines was cut off. |
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