• Elise@beehaw.org
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    Fritz Haber invented chlorine gas specifically for Germany in ww1. Clara Immerwahr, who had married him and was also a scientist, committed suicide as a result.

    He also invented artifical fertilizer, which is responsible for the population boom of the 20th century. The jury is still out on that one.

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      Immerwahr

      “always true”

      One of the best surnames I’ve seen since John B Goodenough