Shawn’s Reviews > Enriching the Earth: Fritz Haber, Carl Bosch, and the Transformation of World Food Production > Status Update
Shawn
is on page 48 of 338
really fascinating, I keep using this word but it's apt: one sees the history of human civilization thru this lens of agronomy. he mentions Chile, how the seabirds dropped useful, rich guano, and the arid climate kept made the guano that much better, so much so that they exported it for the use of 1) making nitrogen for explosives, 2) fertilizer to sustain agriculture, & food production. Chile, thus, a big exporter.
— Apr 08, 2022 10:34AM
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Shawn
is on page 199 of 338
“eutrophication…deoxygenate water and hence seriously affect or kill aquatic species, particularly the bottom dwellers (shellfish, molluscs).” (192)
— Apr 09, 2022 05:40PM
Shawn
is on page 83 of 338
pleasantly surprised & relieved that this ain’t so difficult to read. for such an academic subject it’s written well, not too cumbersome w/the chem, it’s a solid balance so far between layman readership & academic scholarship. it details how ammonia was synthesized, the apparatus used, how metals were used as catalysts, how the temp had to be exact, breakthroughs, etc
— Apr 09, 2022 10:22AM
Shawn
is on page 35 of 338
pretty fascinating, reading all about manure! all that nasty stuff is discussed at depth as the most precious stuff on earth. who can object? it talks about all the stuff that we humans pay no mind or attention to, that we, indeed, turn away from & cover our noses: the wastes of farm animals, the detritus of flora, all the discarded stuff is treasured and highly prized in this reading...
— Apr 07, 2022 12:30PM
Shawn
is on page 20 of 338
really glad to be reading this...Mr. Nitrogen, I gotchu.
— Apr 06, 2022 11:39AM
Shawn
is on page 12 of 338
illuminating & genuinely interesting. Author gives a heads up that he got very deep & technical in some parts of the book and that it's okay to pick & choose, but he encourages going through it all. already learning how vital nitrogen (ammonia) is, how the population expansion depends upon it, and how they had to search for & discover the link, the nitrogen gas in the atmosphere, and how to 'grab it'
— Apr 04, 2022 02:23PM
