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been thinking about this dude a lot lately, Fritz Haber. born a jew and later converting to lutheranism probably for job opportunities, chemist, pre-WWII German nationalist. invented the process which allows the synthesis of ammonia that allowed the petro-agricultural boom therefore feeding billions and dooming the world at the same time. known as the father of chemical warfare whose work with gas weapons during WWI would be directly built from to create Zyklon B and kill millions of his fellow jews. quoted as saying "during peace time a scientist belongs to the world, but during war time he belongs to his country". I wonder how he felt about that dying in the 30's on his way to what would eventually become Israel, exiled from Germany.