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Nature 431, 909-911 (21 October 2004) | doi:10.1038/431909a; Published online 20 October 2004
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The roots of nitrogen fixation
Vaclav Smil1
BOOK REVIEWED-The World's Greatest Fix: A History of Nitrogen in Agriculture
by G. J. Leigh
Oxford University Press: 2004. 254 pp. £20, $29.95
The discovery by Fritz Haber of a method for fixing ammonia from its elements led to the development of the modern nitrogen-fertilizer industry. The growing applications of nitrogen compounds in agriculture have had enormous demographic, economic and environmental consequences.
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