L'alchimie de l'air : un génie juif, un magnat fauché et la découverte scientifique qui a nourri le monde mais a alimenté la montée d'Hitler

A profile of pioneering scientists Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch describes their seminal discovery of a way to pull nitrogen out of the air to create synthetic fertilizer, a process that offered a solution to the critical food shortage confronting a growing global population but also led to the development of the gunpowder and explosives that killed millions during the World Wars. 30,000 first printing.