The Haber-Bosch Process is a catalytic reaction in which ammonia is produced from hydrogen and nitrogen gases. The ammonia produced is used for production of artificial fertilizers. Prior to the invention of this process the United States and European...

The Haber process (also known as Haber–Bosch process) is the reaction of nitrogen and hydrogen, over an iron-substrate, to produce ammonia.[1][2][3] The Haber process is important because ammonia is difficult to produce, on an industrial scale. Even...

Making ammonia from its constituent elements was not the easiest task, but it has become one of the most successful industrial processes this century In the spring of 1900 a young chemist working at the Badische Anilin und Soda Fabrik (BASF) company...

Curator of Radcliffe's Schlesinger Library, Barbara Haber has a special affinity for its 14,000-volume cookbook collection. Cookbooks, she says, reveal fascinating aspects of social history. Why do you think food writing is so revealing? Human beings attach real meaning to food. Sometimes, it...