Overview
- Describes the effects of wartime requirements for unprecedented amounts of explosives on German chemical research and industry during World War I
- Illustrates the historical development of all major processes aimed at nitrogen fixation for peacetime and military use
- Delineates the critical roles of Fritz Haber, Carl Bosch and other German chemists in the first modern military-industrial complex
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science (BRIEFSMOLECULAR)
Part of the book sub series: History of Chemistry (BRIESFHISTCHEM)
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Authors and Affiliations
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Sidney M. Edelstein Center for the History and Philosophy of Science, Technology and Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Safra Campus, Jerusalem, Israel
Anthony S. Travis
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Synthetic Nitrogen Industry in World War I
Book Subtitle: Its Emergence and Expansion
Authors: Anthony S. Travis
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19357-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-19356-4Published: 21 July 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-19357-1Published: 03 July 2015
Series ISSN: 2191-5407
Series E-ISSN: 2191-5415
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 163
Number of Illustrations: 50 b/w illustrations, 16 illustrations in colour
Topics: Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering, History of Science, Inorganic Chemistry, Popular Science in Chemistry and Materials