Enriching the earth : Fritz Haber, Carl Bosch, and the transformation of world food production / Vaclav Smil.

  • Smil, Vaclav.
Date:
[2001], ©2001
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Cambridge, Mass. ; London : MIT Press, [2001], ©2001.

Physical description

xvii, 338 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

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Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Nitrogen in agriculture -- Traditional sources of nitrogen -- New sources of the nutrient -- A brilliant discovery -- Creating an industry -- Evolution of ammonia synthesis -- Synthetic fertilizers -- Our dependence on nitrogen - Consequences of the dependence -- Nitrogen and civilization.

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    History of Medicine
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  • 026219449X
  • 0262194325