Making Ammonia: Fritz Haber, Walther Nernst, and the Nature of Scientific Discovery

By Benjamin Johnson

Book Overview

Part I: A Confluence of Factors.- Chapter 1. The Object of Investigation.- Chapter 2. The Scientification of Agriculture.- Chapter 3. Advances in Organic Chemistry, Catalysis, and the Chemical Industry.- Chapter 4. The Mystery of Ammonia Synthesis.- Chapter 5. Physical Chemistry: Uniting Two Branches of Science.- Chapter 6. The Scientific Breakthrough (1903-1908).- Chapter 7. The Challenge of Technical Implementation.- Chapter 8. Reflections on Scientific Discovery and The Haze.- Part II: The Scientific Breakthrough.- Chapter 9. The State of Ammonia Synthesis at the turn of the Twentieth Century: The Arena for Discovery.- Chapter 10. Fritz Haber's Work and Thought as He Began Work on Ammonia Synthesis.- Chapter 11. The Scientific Publications on Ammonia Synthesis.- Chapter 12. Haber's Cooperation with BASF.- Chapter 13. The Role of Physical Chemistry as a Theory.- Chapter 14. Further Reflections on Scientific Discovery and The Haze.- Appendix A. Approximations of Free Energy Fitting Functions.- Appendix B. Theoretical Determinations of the Free Energy: Hermann von Helmholtz and Walther Nernst.- Part III: The Haze.- Chapter 15. Terminology.- Chapter 16. Normal Science.- Chapter 17. The Structure of The Haze.- Chapter 18. Dynamic of The Haze.- Chapter 19. Between Science and Industry: The Stage of 10-100.- Chapter 20. Risk and the Acceptance of Failure.- Chapter 21. The Haze: Interdependencies in Science.- Chapter 22. One Final Element.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030855341
• ISBN13: 9783030855345
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"