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

Cambridge, Mass. ; London : MIT Press, [2001], ©2001.

xvii, 338 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.