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6602558 No.6602558[DELETED]  [Reply] [Original]

Does anyone know of a good book on the following:
Fritz Haber (known for synthesis of ammonia), Wallace Carothers (synthesis of nylon 66), Edward Teller (hydrogen bomb), Robert Oppenheimer (atomic bomb), Max Planck (quantum physics), organic chemistry or pharmacy

>> No.6602577

> Edward Teller

I thought he was a pirate

>> No.6602616

>>6602558

A single book on all those guys? Uh, maybe a history of science book of some kind?

>> No.6602637

I think he means individually books on each of those people or subjects. One book on Haber, another on Carothers, and so on.

>> No.6603033

>>6602558
Sorry, anon, but I don't know of any books. However, if you haven't already (and you probably have) seen MentalFloss's video on Fritz Haber titled "Great Minds" on YouTube, then you definitely should.

>> No.6603063

The alchemy of air
forget who its by, but it talks about the haber-bosch process
pretty good book

>> No.6603069

>>6602558
>Max Planck
>quantum physics
Do you mean the birth early stages of quantum mechanics, specifically?

>> No.6603082

>>6602558
"The Making of the Atomic Bomb" is the seminal work on, well, the atomic bomb. It's a great narrative of the scientists and science leading up to the the making/dropping of the atomic bomb. It goes through the discovery of the nucleus and electrons/protons to everyone involved at los alamos (Oppenheimer and Teller are stars of part of the book).