Fritz Haber

1868–1934

Plant food from the air, and a gas weapon

Fritz Haber was born in Breslau, which is now Wrocław in Poland.

With Carl Bosch he helped make plant food from the air.

He also worked on a gas weapon. That weapon hurt soldiers.

Places: Wrocław, now in Poland, Karlsruhe, Berlin

What they made

Ammonia from the air. Carl Bosch helped turn the idea into plant food at factory scale.