China to begin two-child policy

Re:China to begin two-child policy by mikeyouse on Thursday October 29, 2015 @04:41PM (#10474120)

If you haven't read it, I'd highly recommend the book, "The Alchemy of Air" about the invention of Haber-Bosch.. It was unbelievable what they went through to fix nitrogen, they literally invented new fields of study in materials science and chemistry. The perils of a Jewish inventor creating a new method for making explosives under the Third Reich is a side story in the book but another fascinating historical anecdote.

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Re:China to begin two-child policy by rz2k on Thursday October 29, 2015 @06:23PM (#10474809)

And also Zyklon which would become Zyklon B when the warning eye irritant was removed to make it a better weapon for murdering people. There was a RadioLab[1] episode that talked about how it was eventually used on some of his own relatives.

[1] http://www.radiolab.org/story/180132-how-do-you-solve-proble...

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Re:China to begin two-child policy by afarrell on Thursday October 29, 2015 @07:30PM (#10475212)

> under the Third Reich

I think you mean under the Kaiser, not the Third Reich.

Hitler was made Chancellor on January 30th, 1933. Fritz Haber died on January 29, 1934 in Switzerland. Carl Bosch was not Jewish.

Here is a quick intro to Fritz Haber: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdEE5uvFhOM

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Re:China to begin two-child policy by mikeyouse on Thursday October 29, 2015 @08:40PM (#10475502)

I do indeed. Thanks for the correction.

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Re:China to begin two-child policy by TeMPOraL on Thursday October 29, 2015 @04:46PM (#10474151)

HN is becoming the single source responsible for most of my total book spending... Anyway, just purchased it. Thanks for the recommendation!

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