The Alchemy of Air: A Jewish Genius, a Doomed Tycoon, and the Scientific Discovery That Fed the World but Fueled the Rise of Hitler | 
pickI really enjoyed this book. A book essentially based around the invention of the Haber-Bosch process to turn atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia - it doesn‘t sound like a page turner! But it is so, so well written that it‘s very hard to put down once you start. I really can not recommend this book highly enough, if you‘re any way interested in science and/or history, I‘m sure you‘ll love this!
This book was left anonymously on my desk at work about 2 years ago, and I never looked at it until this morning, while waiting for things to defrost in the lab. I‘ve only started it but it‘s excellent!
pickA fascinating look at mankinds first brush with mass starvation and our first oil crisis and how German chemists worked together to create a cutting edge scientific solution that saved the world but had devastating consequences. I did not realize Jewish German scientists created so much of the technology that Hitler used, right down to the gas used in his chambers at Ausvitch. Fascinating reading with a tragic ending.
Fascinating book about the invention that changed the way we grow food and make war. Saving humanity from mass starvation came with a terrible price.
