Illustrations |
Foreword to the American Edition |
Preface to the American Edition |
Preface to the German Edition |
Prologue |
Abbreviations Used in the Notes |
Forebears / Chapter 1: |
Childhood and Youth / Chapter 2: |
Years of Study and Travel / Chapter 3: |
The Glorious Years in Karlsruhe / Chapter 4: |
Teaching and Research in Chemistry at Karlsruhe in Haber's Time |
Haber's Career in Bunte's Institute |
Marriage and Friends |
The Trip to America |
Back at Karlsruhe: Research Problems and a Professorship |
Haber's Group and His Colleagues |
Nitrogen Fixation / Chapter 5: |
The State of the Art at the Turn of the Century |
Haber's Contribution to the Fixation of Nitrogen |
Patents |
Bosch's Achievement in Scaling Up the Synthesis |
Later Successes of the Haber-Bosch Process |
Establishing the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute in Berlin / Chapter 6: |
Haber's Road to Berlin |
Building the Institute, Its Opening, and the First Publications |
World War I / Chapter 7: |
From Peace to War |
Putting Science and the Economy on a Wartime Footing: Haber's Early Efforts |
The Chemical War and Haber's Role |
Gearing Up for the Chemical War: Organization, Production, Defense, and Delivery Systems |
The Chemical War: Defensive Weapons |
The Chemical War: Mustard Gas |
Peacetime and Collapse |
Haber's Research on Chemical Warfare after World War I / Chapter 8: |
Family and Friends / Chapter 9: |
Marriage with Clara Immerwahr |
Fritz Haber and His Son Hermann |
Marriage with Charlotte Nathan |
Other Relatives and Friends |
Rudolf Stern, A Young Friend |
Albert Einstein, A Colleague and Friend |
Richard Willstatter, A Good Friend |
The Nobel Prize and Succession to Emil Fischer's Position / Chapter 10: |
Haber's Institute and Scientific Work from 1919 to 1933 / Chapter 11: |
A New Beginning in the Institute |
Financial Crisis and Consolidation |
The Work: Pest Control |
Scientific Work in the Early Years after the War |
Gold from the Sea |
The Work from 1926 to 1933 |
Haber's Promotion of the Sciences, 1920-1933 / Chapter 12: |
Haber and the Emergency Association of German Sciences |
The Hoshi Foundation, a Journey to Japan, and the Japan Institute |
Haber and International Scientific Cooperation |
Emigration and Death / Chapter 13: |
Haber's Conflict and His Decision |
Last Months in Dahlem |
Emigration and Haber's Sojourn in Cambridge |
Haber, Weizmann, and the Palestine Project |
Death in Basel |
Epilogue / Chapter 14: |
Index |
Illustrations |
Foreword to the American Edition |
Preface to the American Edition |
Preface to the German Edition |
Prologue |
Abbreviations Used in the Notes |