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Not so one-sided, Fritz Haber [0] is another very interesting chemist. Got a Nobel prize for the process to synthesize ammonia (modern fertilizer production), b
by inasio 4y ago
Not so one-sided, Fritz Haber [0] is another very interesting chemist. Got a Nobel prize for the process to synthesize ammonia (modern fertilizer production), but then also got side tracked with the 1st world war and became the father of chemical warfare
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Haber https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Haber
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- sofixa 4y agoFor people in to historically themed power metal, the Swedish metal band Sabaton have a song about him - https://youtu.be/DxkeOkaVRLo https://youtu.be/DxkeOkaVRLo and their collab with a historian, Indy Neidell (of The Great War and WW2 fame) to tell the history behind their songs also has a video about him https://youtu.be/UadfxEJKVM8 https://youtu.be/UadfxEJKVM8 .
- yesenadam 4y agoNobel, inventor of dynamite, created the Nobel prizes to whitewash his name. It sure worked. "by his death, his business had established more than 90 armaments factories, despite his apparently pacifist character." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Nobel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Nobel How ‘merchant of death’ Alfred Nobel became a champion of peace https://www.thelocal.se/20101004/29406/ https://www.thelocal.se/20101004/29406/
- kwere 4y agoOne ancestor of modern good hearted billionaires