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Enriching the earth : Fritz Haber, Carl Bosch, and the transformation of world food production
- Title
- Enriching the earth : Fritz Haber, Carl Bosch, and the transformation of world food production / Vaclav Smil.
- Author
- Smil, Vaclav.
- Publication
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2001.
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Details
- Description
- xvii, 338 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- 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.
- Call Number
- JBE 01-1791
- ISBN
- 026219449X (hc : alk. paper)
- 0262194325 (hc : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 00026291
- OCLC
- 43599027
- Author
- Smil, Vaclav.
- Title
- Enriching the earth : Fritz Haber, Carl Bosch, and the transformation of world food production / Vaclav Smil.
- Imprint
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2001.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JBE 01-1791