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  • Fritz Haber took nitrogen from the air to make new fertilizer.

    Water Water, Nor Any Drop to Drink 2011

  • Hilde Levi was able to finish her doctoral thesis in 1934, supervised by Peter Pringsheim (1881 – 1963) and Fritz Haber (1868 – 1934), both displaced persons on their way into exile.

    Hilde Levi. 2009

  • Because of his trip, Einstein was criticized by Nobel-winning chemist Fritz Haber, who invented chemical warfare and supervised its use by Germany in World War I, for traveling with "English supporters" of Zionism, an act Haber considered disloyal to Germany.

    What Did Einstein Know, And When Did He Know It? 2009

  • In Germany, a Jewish scientist named Fritz Haber, after years of work, developed a desktop working model of a machine that could convert the nitrogen from the air into ammonia, which is basically the form needed for both fertilizer and gun powder.

    A bookish blog post | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2009

  • Nitrogen used to be the limiting factor, but Fritz Haber, the father of chemical warfare, took over where the bacteria left off.

    Archive 2009-08-01 doyle 2009

  • Working with Fritz Haber from 1908-1913, Bosch discovered how to synthesize ammonia on a large, industrial scale.

    Bosch, Carl 2009

  • Nitrogen used to be the limiting factor, but Fritz Haber, the father of chemical warfare, took over where the bacteria left off.

    For God, Family, Country, and the Global Economy. doyle 2009

  • Fritz Haber, who would later receive the Nobel Prize for his work producing nitrogen fertilizer, labored day and night to develop chlorine gas into a weapon and supervised its first release in person.

    Wired Top Stories 2008

  • By 1905 Fritz Haber (1868 – 1934) had reached the objective long sought by chemists of fixing nitrogen from air.

    Haber, Fritz 2008

  • The best example of how a Jew's absolute loyalty to his country was repaid is that of the distinguished German Jewish Nobel prize-winning chemist, Fritz Haber.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008

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