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Fritz Haber
Fritz Jakob Haber was a German chemist who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1918 for his invention of the Haber process, a method used in industry to synthesize ammonia from nitrogen gas and hydrogen gas. This invention is important for the large-scale synthesis of fertilizers and explosives. It is estimated that a third of annual global food production uses ammonia from the Haber–Bosch pr…
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science · German chemist (1868–1934) · chemist · physicist · engineer · university teacher · also Fritz Haber, Haber
Born 9 December 1868 · Died 29 January 1934 · Q57075
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2018· 1 entry
Published “Review of Particle Physics” in Physical Review D — cited 5,730 times.
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2016· 1 entry
Published “Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)” in Autophagy — cited 4,420 times.
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2015· 1 entry
Leaving three children, five grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren
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2012· 2 entries
Published “Review of Particle Physics” in Physical Review D — cited 5,100 times.
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Published “Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC” in Physics Letters B — cited 6,801 times.
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2008· 1 entry
A short film titled Haber depicted Fritz Haber's decision to embark on the gas warfare program and his relationship with his wife
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2006· 1 entry
Awarded National Inventors Hall of Fame (2006).
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2004· 1 entry
Published “Activating Mutations in the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Underlying Responsiveness of Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer to Gefitinib” in New England Journal of Medicine — cited 9,578 times.
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1999· 1 entry
Published “DNA Methyltransferases Dnmt3a and Dnmt3b Are Essential for De Novo Methylation and Mammalian Development” in Cell — cited 5,063 times.
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1981· 1 entry
The Minerva foundation of the Max Planck Society and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI) established the Fritz Haber Research Center for Molecular Dynamics, based at the Institute of Chemistry of the Hebrew Univers
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1934· 2 entries
Died 1934-01-29.
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“During peace time a scientist belongs to the World, but during war time he belongs to his country.”
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1933· 2 entries
Haber resigned from his position
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During Haber's brief sojourn in England, Chaim Weizmann offered him the directorship at the Sieff Research Institute (now the Weizmann Institute) in Rehovot, in Mandatory Palestine
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1932· 1 entry
Won Rumford Medal (1932).
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1929· 1 entry
Won Wilhelm Exner Medal (1929).
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1926· 1 entry
Won Harnack medal (1926).
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1925· 1 entry
To just 800,000 tons, produced by 14,133 workers, and selling at $19/ton in 1934
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1918· 4 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry — for the synthesis of ammonia from its elements.
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Won Bunsen Medal (1918).
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry for Haber-Bosch process (1918).
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For his invention of the Haber process, a method used in industry to synthesize ammonia from nitrogen gas and hydrogen gas
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1914· 2 entries
Won Liebig Medal (1914).
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And 1915, before the Second Battle of Ypres, Haber's unit investigated reports that the French had deployed Turpinite, a supposed chemical weapon, against German soldiers
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1913· 1 entry
When Carl Bosch, a German chemist with a focus in pressure chemistry, scaled the production to industrial levels
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1911· 1 entry
Career landmark: director (1911).
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1910· 1 entry
Awarded honorary member of the Physics Association (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) (1910).
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1909· 1 entry
Haber was the first chemist to successfully create ammonia through synthetic means
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1906· 1 entry
Max Le Blanc, chair of the physical chemistry department at Karlsruhe, accepted a position at the University of Leipzig
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1897· 2 entries
Several years before she and Haber became engaged
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Haber made a similar trip to learn about developments in electrochemistry
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1896· 1 entry
The university supported him in travelling to Silesia, Saxony, and Austria to learn about advances in dye technology
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1891· 3 entries
Studied at Technische Universität Berlin (1886–1891).
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Studied at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (1886–1891).
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Studied at Heidelberg University (1886–1891).
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1889· 1 entry
While he was serving his required year in the military
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1884· 1 entry
Which states that when a system is in equilibrium and one of the factors affecting it is changed, the system will respond by minimizing the effect of the change
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1868· 1 entry
Born 1868-12-09.
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