tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183388327040813760.post5459289093366414364..comments2024-03-25T12:50:53.554+05:30Comments on Ajivaka Wallacian ஆசிவக வாலேசன்: Fritz Haber and Carl BoschVarahaMihira Gopuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08159184223145034793noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183388327040813760.post-43025954666149082352014-07-12T12:00:21.166+05:302014-07-12T12:00:21.166+05:30Hitler came to power in 1933. BASF worked to devel...Hitler came to power in 1933. BASF worked to develop explosives and oil from coal for the Nazi government. Bosch was a vital part of BASF then. Hager's book says that Haber escaped to Switzerland because France had searched for him to prosecute as a war criminal.VarahaMihira Gopuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08159184223145034793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183388327040813760.post-25543225165014435872014-07-08T15:23:26.165+05:302014-07-08T15:23:26.165+05:30The fourth sentence "During the Second World ...The fourth sentence "During the Second World War, they worked for Hitler ..." is simply false. Fritz Haber died in Switzerland in 1934. Carl Bosch died in April 1940.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183388327040813760.post-2045980952307062852013-04-02T19:18:08.054+05:302013-04-02T19:18:08.054+05:30Good that i came to know something abt fertilizers...Good that i came to know something abt fertilizers. Or else would have just stuck to the thought that fertilizers came from mixing dung, leaves, etc., :p<br />A v good informative blog though i am not much of a agriculture related guy.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09069056510730852749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183388327040813760.post-90087975142156592662013-03-28T00:50:54.004+05:302013-03-28T00:50:54.004+05:30Hager's book says that France began a search f...Hager's book says that France began a search for Haber, and he took refuge in Switzerland. I cant find independent confirmation. <br /><br />Yes, Haber was born a Jew, but converted to Christianity. He was more proud of being German than of being Jewish, so he & his wife converted to Christianity. Apparently this was very common under the Kaiser. But it did not help when Hitler came to power, when he was vilified as a Jew.<br /><br />Bosch won the Nobel for a high pressure, large volume, industrial scaling of ammonia manufacture. If spark plug Bosch is more famous, that's a sad comment on history.VarahaMihira Gopuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08159184223145034793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183388327040813760.post-75705703642050093732013-03-28T00:44:05.444+05:302013-03-28T00:44:05.444+05:30I wonder if any minister has heard of them. Or how...I wonder if any minister has heard of them. Or how many bureaucrats.VarahaMihira Gopuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08159184223145034793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183388327040813760.post-9866811475117478892013-03-26T12:58:18.880+05:302013-03-26T12:58:18.880+05:30Comments from PA Krishnan in my Facebook page wher...Comments from PA Krishnan in my Facebook page where I linked to this article, which will be of interest to your readers as well:<br /><br />This is a good article, but I don't think Haber was hunted as a war criminal. He won Nobel Prize in Chemistry in the year 1918. Bosch won Nobel Prize in Chemistry for high pressure chemistry and not for this process, if I am not mistaken. Haber was a Jew. And Bosch was the nephew of the other famous Bosch who is the Spark Plug man!<br /><br />As an aside, it was the Chinese coolies - around 100,000 of them - who were used in Guano Islands to do the smelly job of collecting bird shit.Badri Seshadrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02563596810587587859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183388327040813760.post-48312408817244816502013-03-26T11:54:01.370+05:302013-03-26T11:54:01.370+05:30Good to see you started writing again in your blog...Good to see you started writing again in your blog and equally glad as well for giving us a chance to have a glimpse of your writing.<br /><br />Is our Ex Fertilizer central minister (Mr.Alagiri) aware of these people?Saravananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09191795746856634357noreply@blogger.com