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  • Опубліковано 21 лип 2022

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  • @veritasium
    @veritasium  Рік тому +7610

    Let's use chemistry for good! If you want to offset your carbon emissions I will personally cover the first month of your subscription at ve42.co/Wren (for the first 100 people to sign up)

    • @Ajjakakkaka
      @Ajjakakkaka Рік тому +128

      I munch meat

    • @wotizit
      @wotizit Рік тому +23

      Fine

    • @S..u..n..i..l
      @S..u..n..i..l Рік тому +30

      Ur becoming older and older, pls dont stress urself. I dont want you to become old

    • @stare4539
      @stare4539 Рік тому +2

      Nice

    • @cibinthomas4007
      @cibinthomas4007 Рік тому +11

      Scientists or Engineers?
      Someone has to settle this debate as to who has more influence on our world.

  • @drabberfrog
    @drabberfrog 5 місяців тому +1522

    The fact that this was age restricted and demonetized is insane!

    • @kronologie
      @kronologie 5 місяців тому +19

      but why? what’s wrong with it? (i have not rewatched since i came out a year ago)

    • @drabberfrog
      @drabberfrog 5 місяців тому +89

      @@kronologie I'm sure they're reasoning is that it's about war, suicide, and the Holocaust.

    • @shanesgettinghandy
      @shanesgettinghandy 5 місяців тому +51

      @@kronologie 16:00 the suicide part

    • @96Matthieu
      @96Matthieu 5 місяців тому

      @@shanesgettinghandy Also the Holocaust. UA-cam, instagram and pretty much all socials medias kills anything that mentions WWII, the Nazis or the Holocaust (mostly stuff about death anyway)

    • @johnno4127
      @johnno4127 5 місяців тому +13

      @@shanesgettinghandy Thank you, I came here looking for that clip, myself. (16:00 - 17:40)

  • @potatoesandducks958
    @potatoesandducks958 5 місяців тому +222

    UA-cam when a channel talks about suicide in an informative way: Now this is an avengers level threat
    UA-cam when an ad is straight up softcore pornography: No problem

    • @RithwikVadul
      @RithwikVadul Місяць тому +6

      I'll have no problem watching both

    • @user-hr1ij2uy4r
      @user-hr1ij2uy4r 25 днів тому +3

      @@RithwikVadulyo what the fu

    • @salamanderproductions2104
      @salamanderproductions2104 9 днів тому

      id love to see a redditor not make everything into a weird cookie cutter joke with pop culture references

    • @potatoesandducks958
      @potatoesandducks958 9 днів тому

      @@salamanderproductions2104 Sure, here's one.
      Did you know that all humans are natural carpenters? They carry nails everywhere they go

  • @SebastianHasch
    @SebastianHasch 5 місяців тому +333

    For those interested: the redacted part is about habers wife and her suicide at 15:57 - 17:26.

    • @morningstarkid07
      @morningstarkid07 5 місяців тому +117

      Oh no! Factual history presented with honesty and consideration?! Quick, bury it before the advertisers are bankrupted by this atrocity!
      Shame on youtube.

    • @carbuncle1514
      @carbuncle1514 5 місяців тому +65

      Talks about war crimes immediately prior implying the horrific death of men with descript detail, nothing wrong there. But the suicide of one person crosses the line?

    • @SebastianHasch
      @SebastianHasch 5 місяців тому +11

      @@carbuncle1514 Exactly what I thought, it's ridiculous.

    • @Ahsoka501st
      @Ahsoka501st 5 місяців тому +1

      How did you figure that out?

    • @SebastianHasch
      @SebastianHasch 5 місяців тому +11

      @@Ahsoka501st watched them side by side at 2x speed😂

  • @daanishdan318
    @daanishdan318 Рік тому +71338

    As Isaac Asimov once said, “The saddest aspect of society right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom."

    • @introprospector
      @introprospector Рік тому +1502

      Technical progress is not social progress. Choose degrowth.

    • @farrel_ra
      @farrel_ra Рік тому +78

      Reject hue manatee, return to monke

    • @aguyontheinternet8436
      @aguyontheinternet8436 Рік тому +761

      ^ monke indeed

    • @HackerArmy03
      @HackerArmy03 Рік тому +564

      True. Like with the Atomic bomb and only for it to be the reason that there's a very long lasting peace in our time.
      Edit (8/4): It seems like people haven't seen my replies to the people replying to my reply. Quite funny how every single one of you has the same sarcastic question but I'll just summarize what I've said below.
      "It's true, there's still wars going on in the Middle east, Africa and most recently, Ukraine. BUT without nuclear war, we'll just go pre-WW2. Imagine a world where major powers with millions of men can just declare war upon another without the threat of mutual annihilation. Sure, alliances will be formed and many great powers will keep each other in check but how long will that last?
      No ruler's dumb enough to not realize nuclear war is mankind's end. After all, what is there to rule if there's nothing?"

    • @arnowisp6244
      @arnowisp6244 Рік тому +526

      @@introprospector "Technical progress is not Social Progress."
      Exactly what I've been meaning to say. Never mistaken our technological progress for a moral one.

  • @AfterSkool
    @AfterSkool Рік тому +231

    Brilliant video. Very insightful conclusion at the end.

  • @ima_bread
    @ima_bread Рік тому +1884

    Is he a villain, no
    Is he a Hero, no
    He is history
    edit: thanks for all the likes!!

    • @jeffdavis6182
      @jeffdavis6182 Рік тому +32

      No, he was just a guy who liked to watch despicable me every once in a while so what???!!!!!?

    • @Kritikallity
      @Kritikallity Рік тому +12

      @@jeffdavis6182 gru gets to the best of us

    • @stephendenis3855
      @stephendenis3855 Рік тому +8

      and you are bread

    • @rutten739
      @rutten739 Рік тому +5

      lame ahh comment

    • @ima_bread
      @ima_bread Рік тому

      @@rutten739 your life is lame ahh

  • @petsan97
    @petsan97 9 місяців тому +284

    Ah yes, Fritz Haber, "The Angel of Life and Death".
    No man better exemplifies the fact that all knowledge is a tool, one that can be used for immense good and staggering evil equally.

    • @zna9297
      @zna9297 6 місяців тому +1

      cringe

    • @MoschusMoschiferus
      @MoschusMoschiferus 6 місяців тому +2

      ​@@zna9297. 🙄

    • @joshuagibson2520
      @joshuagibson2520 5 місяців тому +1

      Yes. Just like guns are not inherently dangerous, but their operators can be.

    • @bas_ee
      @bas_ee 5 місяців тому

      @@joshuagibson2520 yeah but idiots are allowed to buy guns. Guns are dangerous and should not be allowed to be carried.

    • @lunchtreyy
      @lunchtreyy Місяць тому

      @@joshuagibson2520Guns ARE inherently dangerous. Their only function is to kill. Whether that be an animal, or a human. They serve no other purpose

  • @wcf312
    @wcf312 Рік тому +6991

    No one fits the saying, "you either die the hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.", better than this man, Fritz Haber.

    • @CuteLethalPuppy
      @CuteLethalPuppy Рік тому +604

      He's only considered a villain because he ended up on the losing side... Just look at how many are considered heroes for killing enemies in wars. So if he was on the winning side he'd be considered a hero too.

    • @derpyvillager2606
      @derpyvillager2606 Рік тому

      @@CuteLethalPuppy look at America they ended up taking the nazi scientist and they worked for nasa instead of facing for their crimes

    • @ohauss
      @ohauss Рік тому +211

      That's kind of an awkward thing to say given that he died while seeking a new place to stay after having to flee Nazi Germany.
      The reality is, of course, that the whole notion of unambiguous heroes is naive because most people are way more complex.

    • @sebs9361
      @sebs9361 Рік тому +35

      @@CuteLethalPuppy well, not only this, as shown in the vid, he also helped make deadly weapons, without him, the chances of these weapons NOT existing(at least back then) was so high, so, he killed millions, and still do, not because it's him doing it, but what his discovery brought to the bad intentioned people( + but he still is a quite guilty bc he helped them). p.s: not everyone accepts the "he killed our enemy so he is a hero", or think this way.

    • @ohauss
      @ohauss Рік тому +138

      @@sebs9361 "without him, the chances of these weapons NOT existing(at least back then) was so high, "
      That's not how research works - not today, not back then.

  • @primenumberbuster404
    @primenumberbuster404 Рік тому +17557

    Derek you should also do one for Max planck. His life is also very tragic but very few knows about it.

    • @watchdogbypass
      @watchdogbypass Рік тому +169

      underrated

    • @JordiR243
      @JordiR243 Рік тому +76

      True!!

    • @icarus5676
      @icarus5676 Рік тому +422

      He was almost or maybe was executed for using arcane symbols (math)

    • @poonamkhatri3914
      @poonamkhatri3914 Рік тому +193

      Yes indeed, saw in the Genius series of Einstein on National Geographic.

    • @MbitaChizi
      @MbitaChizi Рік тому +19

      Dont read my name😑😑

  • @Steven-xp6dk
    @Steven-xp6dk 5 місяців тому +90

    Who's here after the censored version of this video?

  • @dabguy0018
    @dabguy0018 6 місяців тому +86

    I cant believe youtube AGE RESTRICTED this masterpiece!

    • @Kalpit147
      @Kalpit147 5 місяців тому +2

      He made a censored version of this and the age restriction is due the suicide or holocaust part probably

    • @explorer063
      @explorer063 Місяць тому

      ​@@Kalpit147
      it is confirmed youtube controlled by Zio**t
      .They always remove this kind of holocaust stuff including Dr Israr Ahmed's 3M yt channel

    • @AlbertSatnoianu
      @AlbertSatnoianu 8 годин тому

      @@Kalpit147 yep but y am i seeing this lol

  • @RiskyVolt
    @RiskyVolt Рік тому +2508

    When i studied chemistry, we were taught this story. The professor went into explicit detail of the horrors of chemistry. He did this to explain that our knowledge is what we do with it. And hopes we use it for good.

    • @Name-jw4sj
      @Name-jw4sj Рік тому +53

      You make it sound like it is some batman script. "use it for good"

    • @dsweet5273
      @dsweet5273 Рік тому +110

      @@Name-jw4sj You watch too many comic book movies.

    • @mihailmilev9909
      @mihailmilev9909 Рік тому +5

      @@dsweet5273 meh

    • @lachlanwelsh5880
      @lachlanwelsh5880 Рік тому +11

      Very much like Walter White.

    • @Triattt
      @Triattt Рік тому +60

      @@dsweet5273 more like the professor did. It's mostly a valueless expression, people always think they're doing good so it's useless to warn your students to not use their knowledge for evil. Unless one of them aims to be a comic book mad scientist villain, they'd probably argue whatever they're doing is a good thing. It would be more useful to tell them to really think about the consequences (be it direct or indirect) and ethic of their work.

  • @msachin4885
    @msachin4885 Рік тому +11548

    The truly poetic irony in this story for me is the fact that Haber, who created the deadly yet indispensable nitrogen compounds, was awarded the Nobel Prize, created by Alfred Nobel to try and do good after inventing dynamite, which killed his own brother.
    Edit: People have pointed out that the invention of dynamite was after his brother died, so I stand corrected there, but I feel like my original point still stands since dynamite was also a compound that came with great progress and simultaneous evil

    • @yoooooo_
      @yoooooo_ Рік тому +417

      @Lakehuntist nope

    • @XiaoYueMao
      @XiaoYueMao Рік тому +636

      also the fact that Haber invented Zyklon B as a pesticide but it ended up being used to commit a genocide against his people

    • @darylcheshire1618
      @darylcheshire1618 Рік тому +217

      A lot of employees died handling nitroglycerine, Nobel made it more stable by combining an inert powder, not sure if this was DE. I think it was called keiselghur. I probably miss spelled it. It was seen that Nobel made handling explosives safer for the construction and mining industry.

    • @Pandadoxical
      @Pandadoxical Рік тому +120

      @Lakehuntist Go join a circus so even more people can see your content. I'm sure everyone will love you.

    • @CreeperTNT_derEchte
      @CreeperTNT_derEchte Рік тому +20

      @@darylcheshire1618 Kieselgur

  • @kokroucz
    @kokroucz Рік тому +88

    it ends with some of the most beautiful words about science I have ever heard. That's why apprecieate and truly respect what Derek does. Thank you for all those years

  • @supermonkiey
    @supermonkiey Рік тому +254

    They say knowledge is a curse. I learned so many things from this, and it left me in indescribable mixtures of joy and sadness. Thanks, Veritasium, unironically, for shaking up my perception on life in this world, once again.
    I write this, by the way, as your final segment of your video, touches on this exact theme. ...You're a cool guy; I like you. At least, it's nice to know I'm not alone.

  • @HistoryDose
    @HistoryDose Рік тому +6793

    It feels like so many discoveries simultaneously make the world better and scarier

    • @fredwerza3478
      @fredwerza3478 Рік тому +1

      Just look at Einstein --- one of the nicest humans who ever lived, and yet his brilliance led to nuclear weapons, which could easily destroy the human species once megalomaniacs like China Donnie and Putin use them on us

    • @danielbickford3458
      @danielbickford3458 Рік тому +161

      Wasn't the Nobel Peace Prize invented because of the creator wanting to make a peaceful Legacy for himself after his inventions were used for war and destruction?

    • @Call_Upon_YAH
      @Call_Upon_YAH Рік тому +11

      Hey! Did you know God is three in one!? The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit! Bless him!
      Jesus died for our sins, rose from the dead, and gives salvation to everyone who has faith in him! True faith in Jesus will have you bear good fruit and *drastically* change for the better!
      Have a blessed day, everyone!! ❤

    • @Call_Upon_YAH
      @Call_Upon_YAH Рік тому +13

      Your worries (yes, anxiety), depression, suicidal thoughts, EVERYTHING will melt away and be NO MORE when you lean on God and put your trust in him! When I have physical pain, I literally pray and the Lord quells it, that I am healed!!
      Know that there is power in the name Jesus Christ! His name casts out demons and heals! People are bothered by his name. The world hates the truth and wants to continue living sinfully! God's children are set apart (holy) and righteous.

    • @ShieldSniper
      @ShieldSniper Рік тому +46

      Funny right? If we ever uncover a way to travel at almost the speed of light, it mean we have a way to completely destroy planets as well.

  • @dogboy0912
    @dogboy0912 Рік тому +3600

    I learned about this guy during an ethics in science class I had to take in college. One man encapsulating our highest highs and lowest lows as a species.

    • @taserrr
      @taserrr Рік тому +191

      How is he the lowest low? How is it that killing thousands by gas is considered a war crime whilst killing millions by a gunshot wound whilst they lay dying slowly in no mans land is considered completely acceptable?
      And don't start blaming him for gassing jews, that's like blaming Benjamin Franklin for his research that brought electricity so far today for executing people with the electric chair.

    • @kingmanny2843
      @kingmanny2843 Рік тому +40

      @@taserrr well my friend using his research to conduct those actions still makes him the lowest of the low on terms of others because it was more of a choice to do it than be forced to

    • @taserrr
      @taserrr Рік тому +165

      @@kingmanny2843 Sure but he wanted to win the war, if the Germans had won he'd be considered a hero.
      And despite all this, the allies also used gas and other horrible tactics throughout world war 1.

    • @kingmanny2843
      @kingmanny2843 Рік тому +25

      @@taserrr yeah equally just from every side of it was bad and just something that was horrible from both sides even after ww1

    • @dogboy0912
      @dogboy0912 Рік тому +36

      @@taserrr I think it's a fair argument. The proponents of chemical weapons saw them as deterrents for war by making it so bad that everyone would think twice. Not only that, but it's a deterrent that was actually on the table. Which is more effective? The deterrent that never gets used, or the one that everyone fears because they know it will be used? When chemical weapons became highly regulated and banned, the creators and supporters objected because they felt their ability as a deterrent would be heavily impacted and the bans would result in more war and more death. In other words, countries wanted to be able to conduct business as usual and the threat of chemical weapons impacted that. Today, even pepper spray is actually banned by the Geneva convention which I'm sure many will find odd.

  • @Quizlz
    @Quizlz 5 місяців тому +60

    Music videos that show fully nude bodies: ✅
    Entirely educational video that "contains topics of self harm": ❌

  • @Hartie95
    @Hartie95 5 місяців тому +21

    For those searching, the part censored in the other version seems to be around 16:00

  • @asishreddy7729
    @asishreddy7729 Рік тому +3005

    Who knew a paragraph in our chemistry textbooks mentioning Haber’s process had left out so much rich history, euphoria and sadness. Thank you veritasium for telling us such amazing stories.

    • @coldspine3697
      @coldspine3697 Рік тому +45

      @@Thanos-hp1mw Maybe you have bad teachers. If you don't love the subject, it will be very difficult to clear competetive exams anyway...

    • @SuperYoman100
      @SuperYoman100 Рік тому +40

      ​@@Thanos-hp1mw Look at the number of Indians here; aren't we curious?

    • @mariinito4291
      @mariinito4291 Рік тому +57

      @@Thanos-hp1mw Well as someone who cleared NEET exam last year, let me tell you - if you don't "love" the subject or don't "understand" anything of it, you can't clear any Indian Competitive exam. You seem like you're just blinded by your own hatred and cynicism that you're now starting to point finger at everything/everyone else to mask it. That's a really unhealthy mentality dude.
      97 chapters of Physics, Zoology, Botany and Chemistry; 200 questions & 200 minutes - that isn't something that can be cleared with just simple "by heart" or "just solve MCQs" as you're stating. It takes a lot of understanding too
      Not to mention, everything mentioned in this video is already in our textbooks - The Nitrogen Cycle in the beginning of this video is studied thoroughly in our Grade XI Biology Chapter 12 - "Mineral Nutrition" & Grade XII Biology Chapter 14 - "Ecosystem"; the nitrogen bond making and breaking is studied in Grade XI Chemistry Chapter 4 - "Chemical Bonding" & Grade XII Chemistry Chapter 7 - "p block elements" ; the Nitrogen being one of the most important element is studied in Grade XII Chemistry Chapter 14 - "Biomolecules" and Grade XII Biology Chapter 6 - "Molecular basis of inheritance" so on and so forth

    • @Muhammad_Waleed
      @Muhammad_Waleed Рік тому +9

      We also read about Habers process in Chemistry....(in Pakistan)

    • @Muhammad_Waleed
      @Muhammad_Waleed Рік тому +2

      We also read about Habers process in Chemistry....(in Pakistan)

  • @PenandPaperScience
    @PenandPaperScience Рік тому +3274

    "He is probably one of the most impactful and tragic scientists of all time."
    Those two often go hand in hand, curiously.

    • @MbitaChizi
      @MbitaChizi Рік тому +7

      Dont read my name😑😑

    • @YourPhysicsSimulator
      @YourPhysicsSimulator Рік тому +174

      @@MbitaChizi Okay, I won't

    • @aaronkeener3389
      @aaronkeener3389 Рік тому +87

      it's almost as science is a tool, which can be used to do good, as to do lots of harm sadly

    • @ylstorage7085
      @ylstorage7085 Рік тому +11

      well, some went a step further to be negatively impactful and tragic.

    • @harharhar123
      @harharhar123 Рік тому +2

      @@ylstorage7085 and derek is advertising for these peeps =))

  • @Fly876
    @Fly876 7 місяців тому +28

    This story resonates so hard with the story of Oppenheimer these days. Whatever can be used for good can be used for evil. Oppenheimer started with developing a weapon, while Haber started with the fertilizer.

  • @jobo6673
    @jobo6673 Рік тому +38

    i usually don't like these kinds of videos, but something about it pulled me in. I loved every second of it, thank you so much for making it

  • @karinswenson7821
    @karinswenson7821 Рік тому +3612

    This video is incredibly well made. I found myself fully immersed into Haber’s story and I didn’t even notice 20 minutes had gone by.

    • @BillAnt
      @BillAnt Рік тому +35

      By the end of the video, I was perspiring ammonia (NH3) from excitement. hehe

    • @krishhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
      @krishhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Рік тому +32

      I didn't think the video was more than 20 mins long until I read this comment.

    • @Daniel-eg8hw
      @Daniel-eg8hw Рік тому +1

      same

    • @daevaskye
      @daevaskye Рік тому +1

      Yes but such a shame he had to spoil it all at the end by plugging the junk science "anthropogenic climate change" agenda which (along with the scamdemic) is one of the greatest crimes ever perpetrated on a naïve humanity. The same genocidal maniacs (the globalists) are now trying the same thing with nitrogen fertilizers to further reduce an already low food supply.

    • @Ryan-lk4pu
      @Ryan-lk4pu Рік тому +10

      I found it quite emotional actually.

  • @bcc91
    @bcc91 Рік тому +1928

    I've done part of my PhD in the Fritz-Haber-Institut. It's weird to imagine that the experimental hall where I've spent so many nights doing a bit of science was once crowded with people focused on how to kill more efficiently....

    • @MrMitras18
      @MrMitras18 Рік тому +205

      May the knowledge and expertise you gathered there be spent in generating good

    • @bcc91
      @bcc91 Рік тому +178

      @@MrMitras18 may your words be true for all researchers in the world, my friend!

    • @GyanPrakash-xo5gs
      @GyanPrakash-xo5gs Рік тому +34

      @@bcc91 May your wish come true my friend.

    • @chandravimal5473
      @chandravimal5473 Рік тому

      Nothing wrong in killing people...

    • @lazypunk794
      @lazypunk794 Рік тому +3

      They should change the name tbh

  • @grimcreeper5830
    @grimcreeper5830 Рік тому +58

    This is why I love history. I CONSTANTLY state that my beliefs about history and that I believe that censoring and/or even refusing to teach students about history like the Holocaust. As somebody whose fascination of history revolves 𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗩𝗜𝗟𝗬 on war era history (most especially WWI & WWII), I completely understand that history is nowhere CLOSE to being pretty and can even make some of the emotionally strongest people cry at the depravity humanity is capable of, but when we censor and even refuse to acknowledge those awful events in history, we’ll only end up repeating it later on in the future.

    • @Mr_Doogz
      @Mr_Doogz 8 місяців тому +5

      its funny because the video is now age restricted

    • @grimcreeper5830
      @grimcreeper5830 8 місяців тому

      @@Mr_Doogz Ah yes. Perhaps we’re One day closer to WWIII….or perhaps it’ll be called the war against clowns

  • @ShivamSingh-nr3bq
    @ShivamSingh-nr3bq 6 місяців тому +44

    Fritz had a half-sister named Frieda! I’m sure there’s some indirect representation or influence of him in Attack on Titan. As attack on Titan is a piece of literature that has heavy parallels to both World Wars; I think it ties in with how the Fritz's power of the titans is said to have both brought destruction and despair and bridges, roads, crops and wealth to humanity.

    • @gingging2596
      @gingging2596 5 місяців тому +4

      Why does this actually make sense...

  • @KAT-hs3xh
    @KAT-hs3xh Рік тому +9349

    “During peace time a scientist belongs to the World, but during war time he belongs to his country.”
    - Fritz Haber

    • @curcumin417
      @curcumin417 Рік тому +368

      And thats why he died a miserable old man.

    • @benni7379
      @benni7379 Рік тому +628

      @@curcumin417 this is why he should be regarded as a hero

    • @curcumin417
      @curcumin417 Рік тому +289

      @@benni7379 Because he died despondent, regretful, and in existential despair of the futility of it all?
      ("He passed away shortly thereafter at the age of 65, but not before repenting for devoting his mind and his talents to wage war with poison gasses") -Smithsonian magazine

    • @benni7379
      @benni7379 Рік тому +1

      @@curcumin417 Well not quite, but rather because first of all he made the world we live in possible, second, as the phrase says a scientist belongs to the world, till the point where his Country is in danger, that’s when he does everything he needs to do to save it and the people living there. I mean yes hundreds of thousands of people died because of his chlorine invention, and millions more because of Zyklon b (where he wasn’t really a part of anymore) but billions more grew out of it

    • @WLF0X
      @WLF0X Рік тому +44

      Spoken like a true nobody ✔

  • @wintaebear9838
    @wintaebear9838 8 місяців тому +15

    This is how content should be. Informative, engaging and entertaining at the same time.

  • @levromanov3019
    @levromanov3019 6 місяців тому +6

    Watching Veritasium’s videos throughout a month or so. I completely fell in love with them. Every video tells people about another interesting and important thing in a field of science, which is great. But every time a video isn’t just about a scientific topic itself, it also conveys its own gist related to crucial events happening in the world. Every time after you watch another video of Veritasium’s you really need to seat back and think hard about what is happening around you and whether it’s acceptable in terms of adequacy and safety or not. This is what makes Derek’s videos that awesome ❤

  • @duujon4315
    @duujon4315 Рік тому +3021

    It always amazes me how Veritasium can tell you about fascinating topics that you didn't even know existed. After every video I feel like I can understand the world at least a tiny bit more.

    • @MbitaChizi
      @MbitaChizi Рік тому +1

      Dont read my name😑😑..

    • @alchemist_777
      @alchemist_777 Рік тому +13

      You don't know who fritz Haber was ?...We had a topic about him in our school.

    • @dccustoms6678
      @dccustoms6678 Рік тому +7

      Exactly! That's why I love the Internet.

    • @rajdip8820
      @rajdip8820 Рік тому +7

      @@alchemist_777 yup haber's process -
      N2 + 3H2 -----> 2NH3 with finely divided iron as catalyst, Molybdenum as a promoter and the rxn proceeding at 200atm with a temperature of 500 C.

    • @southcoastinventors6583
      @southcoastinventors6583 Рік тому +3

      Most schools mention the Haber Bosch Process they just do not go into this much detail. Which is funny because everybody knows about Einstein and he has the least impact on day to day living vs. Haber.

  • @cherrydragon3120
    @cherrydragon3120 Рік тому +937

    Crazy how this 1 dude was so incredibly important for the entire world
    In both good and bad ways

    • @DaDunge
      @DaDunge Рік тому

      His bad is really not that important. Sure a terrible way to die but chemical weapons killed less than 1% of the dead in ww1.

    • @billwilliams3580
      @billwilliams3580 Рік тому +26

      There is literally thousands just like him. It depends who gets in the news first and cashes in on it.

    • @ramverma5614
      @ramverma5614 Рік тому +1

      @@billwilliams3580 yeah true

    • @hec4241
      @hec4241 Рік тому +6

      @@billwilliams3580 Thousands? Name any other like him.

    • @wi0.24se
      @wi0.24se Рік тому

      @@hec4241 none

  • @krelian8888
    @krelian8888 Рік тому +13

    I just started watching the episode and love the introduction; it feels terrific. This is peak Veritasium. All your content is beautiful. Thank you for keep this growing. 😊

  • @Palin3
    @Palin3 Рік тому +1899

    14:50 Ironically, Otto Hahn discovered nuclear fission, which eventually made it possible to develop nuclear weapons. In fact, he was also involved in the German nuclear weapons program. It seems he took Fritz's words about "innumerable lives" to heart.

    • @Axel-gn2ii
      @Axel-gn2ii Рік тому

      Nuclear weapons are a hoax

    • @georgb710
      @georgb710 Рік тому +132

      Also an extremly interresting person. Openly pacifist and open critic of ther Nazis. Lobbied for release and safety of German Jewish scientists. Yet worked on the Uranprojekt (though not on the weaponization, but the development of the reactor iirc). He also felt directly responsible for the deaths of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
      I would argue he was not on the same line as Haber, since he was mostly lobbying against the use of fusion as a weapon.

    • @deiaraki
      @deiaraki Рік тому +83

      This reminds me when USA bombed two cities with nuclear bombs - Hiroshima and Nagasaki - and tried to frame it as "saving lives by ending the war sooner". This kind of reasoning can never end well.

    • @skylermartinez3719
      @skylermartinez3719 Рік тому

      @@deiaraki well deserved nuking

    • @3rdman99
      @3rdman99 Рік тому +114

      @@deiaraki It did "save lives by ending the war sooner", obviously for Americans, and likely many Japanese as well (and I say this as Japanese). And can you blame Americans for trying to minimise the deaths of their own soldiers and citizens? Japanese would've done the same, for sure, if they had the technology. And if you're talking about unnecessary deaths in WWII, that's a drop in the bucket compared to what Japanese did in China, Southeast Asia, and what Germans did with Jews, Polish, and Russians, etc.

  • @ElementalMaker
    @ElementalMaker Рік тому +2497

    Another worthwhile little note, it's quite possible that it was his research that killed him. In the process of making nitrates from ammonium, nitrogen dioxide is formed. One long term effect from exposure to nitrogen dioxide is cardiac arrest. It can happen years or decades after exposure, and I imagine he was exposed to quite a bit developing his process.

    • @wavematrix
      @wavematrix Рік тому +136

      this is one of the reasons chemistry is so interesting but troublesome. when trying to discover new things how can you be sure it won't end up harming you greatly from exposure. respects to all the experimenting chemists out there.

    • @jamesreney2210
      @jamesreney2210 Рік тому +75

      Oh, it's not just "possible", it's in fact most likely that's exactly why he died of, Cardiac arrest, so many years later, especially because of the, "time delay", nature of the type of, muscle damage that it causes. Chiefly, due to destruction of, Mitochondria, and the, Ribosomes, within the, Nucleus, of the, Heart's, Cells.

    • @mwanafalsafa3613
      @mwanafalsafa3613 Рік тому +5

      Does laughing gas have the same effect?

    • @GladysAlicea
      @GladysAlicea Рік тому

      Very true, just like radiation research killed Madam Curie years after she won the Noble Prize.

    • @WilliamStewart1
      @WilliamStewart1 Рік тому +17

      @@mwanafalsafa3613 No, laughing gas is nitrous oxide.

  • @adeliap9686
    @adeliap9686 Рік тому +5

    This might be the best youtube videos ever exist. For me who knows absolutely nothing about it, this video is mind blowing. And the way they deliver the information is very easy to understand. Good job Veritasium 👍

  • @martina6379
    @martina6379 Рік тому +104

    As soon as I read the title of this video my mind immediately went to Sabaton's latest single called "Father", which tells the story of Fritz Haber...an amazing track about a very interesting yet conflicting historical figure.

    • @cipher0328
      @cipher0328 Рік тому

      FATHER OF TOXIC GAS AND CHEMICAL WARFARE!

    • @jurrehuizinga7136
      @jurrehuizinga7136 8 днів тому +1

      Father of toxic gas and chemical warfare

    • @martina6379
      @martina6379 3 дні тому

      HIS DARK CREATION HAS BEEN REVEALED@@jurrehuizinga7136

  • @lukaskarlgerhard
    @lukaskarlgerhard Рік тому +3156

    “He was so caught up with the fact that he could, he never stopped to think whether he should” - Dr Ian Malcolm

  • @BigMan111
    @BigMan111 Рік тому +1377

    Honestly let's give a big props to the editing and animation on these recent videos. Feels like I'm watching a TedEd video, with Derek's narration. It's only getting better!!!

    • @GriffinZambia
      @GriffinZambia Рік тому +1

      Dont read my name😑😑..

    • @sonaciel3403
      @sonaciel3403 Рік тому +1

      Exactly, watching old videos is odd now that we have this quality, older videos are good too but this ones are great

    • @aarianmalhotra7440
      @aarianmalhotra7440 Рік тому +5

      @Lakehuntist what a sad sad little life

    • @bzuidgeest
      @bzuidgeest Рік тому +2

      @Lakehuntist looking at your videos I doubt that very much. I cannot make a video of my life depended on it, but i don't go around claiming I can. And I don't make sad videos about trolling people.

    • @tikn03
      @tikn03 Рік тому +2

      @Lakehuntist Go outside and touch grasses.

  • @ImDemonAlchemist
    @ImDemonAlchemist Рік тому +12

    I appreciate the seriousness of this video. Not making light of these issues, especially the enormous loss of life. Very respectable way to cover grim topics.

  • @memories1778
    @memories1778 5 місяців тому +26

    Who's here after he re-uploaded this video

  • @TheCameron4life
    @TheCameron4life Рік тому +1927

    This is a perfect illustration from human history showing how "gray", or nuanced, the world really is. Great video and message, thank you.

    • @chefgiovanni
      @chefgiovanni Рік тому +6

      Lucky this was suggested by UA-cam, we did not know you existed. Time to cook.

    • @in8187
      @in8187 Рік тому +2

      There was a reason THE HEBREW GOD said to let the land rest on the 7th year.
      Exodus 23: 10 - 11 and Levitacus 25: 18 - 22.

    • @CSDesign2023
      @CSDesign2023 Рік тому +13

      Pretty ironic that an extreme example (black and white) is what it takes to show how grey the world really is!

  • @z3pHyRx3
    @z3pHyRx3 Рік тому +914

    Wow! This should be shown in every school. The combination of so many subjects explained in a relatable and understandable way is extremely eyeopening. Imagine a day where you watch this video and discuss it in different classes: chemistry, history, biology, ethics, physics. You could even relate it to art with painters like Otto Dix.
    I think that's what's missing a lot at ordinary schools: A tangible well connected story, making one understand why this knowledge is important and useful.
    Great work, Veritasium-Team!

    • @arhamshah71
      @arhamshah71 Рік тому +12

      Today we still learn in P block chemistry about the preparation of ammonia also known as HABER'S PROCESS!

    • @reka_sz0
      @reka_sz0 Рік тому

      @Lakehuntist I make better content than Lakehuntist 💩💩 Stop spamming!

    • @juicy_oranges5529
      @juicy_oranges5529 Рік тому

      ​@Lakehuntist The fact that you even have the insolence to think about writing this is incredibly rude and ridiculous.
      This is a highly educational, extremely well edited, scripted and narrated video with top quality. Something that is a represensative of the fact that there is still extremely valuable content on this website.
      And you, someone who is actively participating in turning this great website into effectively a trashbin, is devaluing this?
      What the hell are you doing with your life? Do you have any respect for people who actually put thought and effort into their projects? Who try to educate the world population about interesting topics with high standards for free? Have you ever considered that what you do is a horrible idea?
      Gtfo of UA-cam and rethink your entire life. And learn to respect those, who actually make a positive impact on our species and the entire world we live in.

    • @jacob9673
      @jacob9673 Рік тому +7

      @@arhamshah71 the haber bosch process is taught in most introductory/freshman chemical engineering classes.

    • @GeorgKallenbach
      @GeorgKallenbach Рік тому +1

      This is shown in German grammar schools.

  • @jleewatts4318
    @jleewatts4318 5 місяців тому +39

    There is no reason to demonize this video.

    • @Canetoady
      @Canetoady 5 місяців тому +1

      This video is also age restricted unfortunately

    • @Froahk
      @Froahk 3 місяці тому +1

      It’s probably demonitized and age restricted because of the part from 16:00 onwards about Clara Haber‘s suicide. I get the age restriction but I don’t think UA-cam has to demonitize every video that doesn’t censor the word “suicide“.

    • @andy-gamer
      @andy-gamer Місяць тому +1

      You mean domonitized

  • @dylankatz1891
    @dylankatz1891 Рік тому +8

    this is the most touching, interesting, and all around most well done video you’ve ever made.

  • @yaqubahmed2395
    @yaqubahmed2395 Рік тому +1539

    In the high school year many of us were taught this Haber- Bosch process. But to know the historical tale of it is very satisfying and chilling at the same time. Thanks veritasium for enlightening us.💕

    • @ShihammeDarc
      @ShihammeDarc Рік тому +8

      I was taught that in middle school

    • @soniaflint3773
      @soniaflint3773 Рік тому +3

      La maldad humana supera cualquier creación. El infierno está aquí.

    • @sheesh1706
      @sheesh1706 Рік тому +5

      @@ShihammeDarc I was taught that in elementary school

    • @ericwilliams1832
      @ericwilliams1832 Рік тому +25

      @@sheesh1706 I was taught that in kindergarten.

    • @sheesh1706
      @sheesh1706 Рік тому +14

      @@ericwilliams1832 that's right I remember teaching you in class. You were such a such smart kid.

  • @anonymanonymus4706
    @anonymanonymus4706 Рік тому +1524

    I recently learned about his existence in chemistry lessons, it's incredible how one can kill so many, save so many, make everyone angry about him and then get a nobel prize for it.

    • @griffins750
      @griffins750 Рік тому +83

      Truly a man of contradictions, then again who isn’t? Einstein who was peaceful helped bring about the nuclear bomb… What’s that line from that movie? Something along the lines of “Humanity tends to meet its fate on the road we take to avoid it” or something like that. Good people often do bad things, bad people often create situations that lead to more unity (look at Putin and NATO rn), I guess the best we can do is to simply observe and attempt to understand and learn from the actions of others before us…

    • @pabloata4708
      @pabloata4708 Рік тому +42

      Aren't the creators of the Manhattan project and the atomic bomb the same? They created a weapon to kill the enemy faster and in greater quantity in "name of the country".
      Doesn't that make them the same OR MORE killers than Haber?

    • @griffins750
      @griffins750 Рік тому +18

      @@pabloata4708 I mean you could make that argument, although the Manhattan project was a group rather than an individual and Harber also killed a lot more people through his conventional weapons than Nukes ever did, but you could definitely make that argument…

    • @Nope-en9bo
      @Nope-en9bo Рік тому +21

      Usage of technology is highly dependent on their users, not just their creator. The one who invents them are just the easiest scapegoats to put the blame to.

    • @fuzzymillipede
      @fuzzymillipede Рік тому

      @@griffins750 Einstein didn't participate in the Manhattan Project, he just signed a letter to President Roosevelt (written by another scientist) warning that the Nazis were working on atomic weapons. Einstein was an outspoken pacifist and would have refused to work on the Manhattan Project. The people in charge of the project knew that too and they didn't even consider him to be involved in it anyway.

  • @poiesh
    @poiesh 5 місяців тому +24

    Stupid UA-cam that demonetize this video! Shame!

  • @radioactiveape1652
    @radioactiveape1652 5 місяців тому +10

    Love that UA-cam has age restricted this video for a passing comment about how he died. Ridiculous.

  • @JonMartinYXD
    @JonMartinYXD Рік тому +1550

    Equally important was Carl Bosch, who took Haber's tabletop setup and scaled it up to factory size, which, among other things, required finding a catalyst other than osmium. He also won a Nobel prize for this, and the process is most referred to by both their names: the Haber-Bosch process. Bosch went on to be one of the founders, and first head of, the chemical mega-conglomerate IG Farben. IG Farben would become notorious for its practices during World War 2. It was the company that made Zyklon B. Half of its workforce was slave labour and it had a factory that was effectively a concentration/death camp: Auschwitz III AKA Auschwitz Monowitz. IG Farben was also involved in the medical experimentation conducted at a number of concentration camps.

    • @pkobalt
      @pkobalt Рік тому +11

      Is Carl Bosch related to Robert Bosch?

    • @KasumiR
      @KasumiR Рік тому

      Is that same Bosch whose firm makes engines for russian tanks? Because we found that russian tanks invade Ukraine on German engines, shooting our homes through French optics.
      Since 2014, arming Ukraine was forbidden, so Italy, Germany and France sold weapons to russia... and now keep giving it a billion Euros every day for fossil fuels, financing a genocide.
      These missiles that hit our port with grain today? Paid by EU.

    • @Steffen575
      @Steffen575 Рік тому +75

      @@pkobalt Robert Bosch had a brother called Carl Friedrich Alexander Bosch, whos son was Carl Bosch

    • @yndrelbosch3678
      @yndrelbosch3678 Рік тому +65

      @@Steffen575 So... Carl Bosch is Robert Bosch's nephew... simple explanations work best.

    • @eben3357
      @eben3357 Рік тому +9

      Capitalism doing what it does...

  • @rosered5485
    @rosered5485 Рік тому +1517

    As someone who has inhaled chlorine gas, I have mixed feelings here. It's incredibly painful. Even the relatively small amount I breathed in, sent me to the emergency room. DYING that way sounds like my worst nightmare.
    He really was human though. He did both tremendous good and caused tremendous pain. Honestly, if he were on the winning side of the war, I have little doubt that he would have been remembered by history as a great hero. But his country lost.

    • @shrimpkins
      @shrimpkins Рік тому

      Don't forget, they lost because the US allied with the most prolific mass murder of the war, in order to defeat the second-most prolific. Of course, our high-school history books don't put it quite so on-the-nose. Now that I think about it, it's also rather odd that China still has giant portraits of Mao everywhere, the guy who REALLY took murder and bureaucratic catastrophe to levels previously unknown.

    • @LoisoPondohva
      @LoisoPondohva Рік тому +364

      This. Manhattan Project worked on weapons just as cruel and much more devastating and effective. But in their case it managed to end the war, so now it's an achievement.
      If the Japanese won, it would be remembered as the most egregious war crime in history.

    • @stevendamon7309
      @stevendamon7309 Рік тому +60

      Between the concentrated chlorine tabs and the Hydrochloric acid, death is always available at your local pool supply store. Thankfully nobody makes that connection.

    • @rosered5485
      @rosered5485 Рік тому +99

      @@stevendamon7309 that's actually what happened to me! I was in elementary school and my dad was adding chlorine tablets to the container. Rain must have gotten in because we both breathed in some. I got hit worse than him. I was lower than him. I couldn't breathe and was a crying mess. My lungs felt like they were burning and I was coughing/trying to throw something up. Nothing came out. I don't remember what happened at the emergency room, but I remember the pure agony and terror that I felt...

    • @stevendamon7309
      @stevendamon7309 Рік тому +56

      @@rosered5485 I worked with the stuff for a couple of years in the pool service business and had the same experience, just not as bad. My throat closed immediately and I was instantly choking and in pain, and this was without mixing it with hydrochloric acid (I believe it's called "mustard gas") that we also carried in the back of the truck. It made me drive a bit more carefully, eh?
      I am amazed at how loosely regulated this stuff is as a dual use product. As an agent of death, chemistry puts firearms to shame.

  • @detectivesi8647
    @detectivesi8647 5 місяців тому +10

    Can't believe this got age restricted! Average UA-cam moment.

  • @pedrogouveia9884
    @pedrogouveia9884 8 місяців тому +3

    This is one of the greatest videos from this outstanding channel. Keep up the excellent work.

  • @Renitky
    @Renitky Рік тому +492

    20:00 "Science and technology have improved our lives immeasurably, but they have also given us ever increasing ways to destroy ourselves."
    Such a touching line right there.

    • @rokusvandendool4563
      @rokusvandendool4563 Рік тому +7

      Yes… although I prefer changing the statement to: ways to destroy ‘each other’, because that makes it so much more tragic I believe

    • @Call_Upon_YAH
      @Call_Upon_YAH Рік тому +1

      Hey! Did you know God is three in one!? The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit! Bless him!
      Jesus died for our sins, rose from the dead, and gives salvation to everyone who has faith in him! True faith in Jesus will have you bear good fruit and *drastically* change for the better!
      Have a blessed day, everyone!! ❤

    • @Call_Upon_YAH
      @Call_Upon_YAH Рік тому +1

      Your worries (yes, anxiety), depression, suicidal thoughts, EVERYTHING will melt away and be NO MORE when you lean on God and put your trust in him! When I have physical pain, I literally pray and the Lord quells it, that I am healed!!
      Know that there is power in the name Jesus Christ! His name casts out demons and heals! People are bothered by his name. The world hates the truth and wants to continue living sinfully! God's children are set apart (holy) and righteous.

    • @GnosticAtheist
      @GnosticAtheist Рік тому

      I know. While science and technology can be misused to increase the population at least it gave us nuclear weapons.

    • @Sheridantank
      @Sheridantank Рік тому +1

      @@rokusvandendool4563
      Humans destroying each other has always and will always happen. Our own self destruction is relatively new so in my opinion more tragic.

  • @POTATO_IN_MY_ANUS
    @POTATO_IN_MY_ANUS Рік тому +1013

    Being a Biology/History double major, I got to learn about Fritz Haber on both fronts: Fritz Haber the creator of the Haber-Bosch process (chemistry and biology), and Fritz Haber the creator of chemical weaponry (WWI and WWII history). In biology he's a hero, in history he's a monster. I got a very interesting perspective having him spoken of in two completely different ways depending on the subject he was being taught in.

    • @mymaster416
      @mymaster416 Рік тому

      than you also must know that zyklon was used on the American border from 1920s to 50s to disinfect migrants. And that later germans decided to use it to disinfect clothes in their camps

    • @SuperThompson63
      @SuperThompson63 Рік тому

      biology major called potato in my anus, fantastic

    • @anotheranon2579
      @anotheranon2579 Рік тому

      I think your post is funny mostly because I'm picturing someone with a potato in their ass saying this.

    • @kenj3761
      @kenj3761 Рік тому

      Very well said @POTATO_IN_MY_ANUS

    • @aatroxgaming5983
      @aatroxgaming5983 Рік тому +77

      Biology and history major is a great thing... But I love your name

  • @indiva7106
    @indiva7106 8 місяців тому +6

    Just want to say THANK YOU for all thee great info you have in your videos absolutely love how you explain everything in detail!! Crazy Ive had several questions in a few videos and you actually answered them in the video it was great!! So please keep up the great work it is greatly appreciated and very fascinating have a great one thanks again for doing what you do!!!

  • @junaidahmad1492
    @junaidahmad1492 Рік тому +128

    I am a huge fan of the channel but we can't just "regard him as irrelevant...because someone else would have figured out a way to process Nitrogen out of the air". Someone else would have figured out the Earth goes around the sun (Copernicus). Someone else could have found Laws of Motion (Newton) and someone else would have figured out how electricity and magnetism works (Maxwell) and so on and so on. These people give their whole lives up for science and it would be disrespectful of us to simply regard them as irrelevant.

    • @bartek8044
      @bartek8044 5 місяців тому +11

      Why can't we? Maybe that's not irrelevant and they should be mentioned but most of those discoveries would be discovered anyway. There are many examples when few scientists came up with the same idea in a short amount of time. And we give credits only to one who was a little bit faster, and zero credits for the rest.

    • @ymaysernameuay1113
      @ymaysernameuay1113 5 місяців тому

      @@bartek8044 you're right.

    • @ymaysernameuay1113
      @ymaysernameuay1113 5 місяців тому +1

      @@bartek8044 science is NEVER thought up. it's discovered.

    • @Enginator8
      @Enginator8 3 місяці тому +1

      Yeah. They are definitely not irrelevant.

  • @elizabethpain1403
    @elizabethpain1403 Рік тому +1681

    I like it very much when content creators place their sponsors at the end as it only tell how good the video is going to be. Keep up the good work sir!

    • @angieroxy7550
      @angieroxy7550 Рік тому +12

      @nieooj gotoy ???

    • @Little_Sams_Top_Guy
      @Little_Sams_Top_Guy Рік тому +2

      Too bad the sponsor for the video is a literal scam

    • @angieroxy7550
      @angieroxy7550 Рік тому +1

      @@Little_Sams_Top_Guy How so?

    • @Little_Sams_Top_Guy
      @Little_Sams_Top_Guy Рік тому +2

      @@angieroxy7550 that organization gets kickbacks from the WHO and some US carbon reduction initiatives not to mention the measurement of a person’s “carbon footprint” is a world and measurement formed by BP basically your paying a company to do nothing

    • @TomCruz54321
      @TomCruz54321 Рік тому +4

      Yeah placing your sponsor at the end means you are confident about the quality of your video and you are confident that people will watch to the end.

  • @livethefuture2492
    @livethefuture2492 Рік тому +1410

    I didn't realize at first that Fritz Haber is the same Haber who created the 'Haber's process', the same reaction that i had learnt just last year in class, and which i was coincidentally literally just studying, for my exam next week.
    I never knew there was such an interesting and deep backstory to the Haber's process and Fritz Haber himself and his enormous impact on the world, especially to someone who is interested in history and science like me. It makes me look at all those reactions i had to memorize all these years in a whole new light, that all those reactions i have been having to memorize for the past 2 years probably had fascinating backstories to them as well, and probably changed the world in many ways.
    How many of those names had similarly fascinating and tragic stories to them.
    I wish they taught us in class with half the enthusiasm derek does.
    A shame that in the education system in my country, Chemistry has been reduced down to a mindless list of formulas and reactions in our chemistry textbook and curriculum. Something to be feared and dreaded in the exam. Something that is a struggle and burden more than anything.
    Reduced to nothing more than An abstract metric, a number on a sheet of paper, a scorecard, or a percentile benchmark.
    Shame i never got to learn the true meaning and depth of the subjects i was learning. i do wish they taught with the same depth and understanding that derek imparts to us.

    • @arvindbhardwaj7747
      @arvindbhardwaj7747 Рік тому +7

      Which country are you from my friend??

    • @bluemoon...7401
      @bluemoon...7401 Рік тому +49

      That's definitely india my friend . 90% schools have science lab only on papers . In 10th and 12 th grade i just copied some experiments from a book in my practice copy and that's it . I have never seen any lab flask or chemical in real life

    • @arvindbhardwaj7747
      @arvindbhardwaj7747 Рік тому +10

      @@bluemoon...7401 Well Im Indian only, and want to tell that just your opposite is true for me bruh..

    • @bluemoon...7401
      @bluemoon...7401 Рік тому +11

      @@arvindbhardwaj7747 then ig u live in some big city like Mumbai , Delhi , Kolkata or some big school in any city. In recent report it is found that india spent the least among big countries in R & D only 0.7 % of its GDP why is very big threat for India's future. If you want to know more search world affair prasant Dhawan on yt and in his recents videos see that one even today he posted one news that the GDP on scientific equipments are increased to 18% which is very bad move by our gov. Even many scientists are against it . But what will happen here people will do hindu muslim mandir masjid no focus on real issues 😐

    • @cedrics7374
      @cedrics7374 Рік тому +11

      That’s the way teaching science works everywhere.. chemistry and history are separate topics. Imagine having to know these formulas AND the year they were discovered 😅

  • @puneetmishra4726
    @puneetmishra4726 5 місяців тому +6

    I can't believe that this educational video is age-restricted. UA-cam moderation should be ashamed of themselves.

  • @cartertice7146
    @cartertice7146 Рік тому +14

    This man has changed the world for the better or worst I couldn't say

    • @user-ib6wf5sy4g
      @user-ib6wf5sy4g Рік тому +2

      and thanks to him, there are 4 times more such speakers as you on our planet.

  • @ImrePolik
    @ImrePolik Рік тому +1632

    Fascinating. Together with the previous one (about the guy who killed the most people in history) it is a great series about how things are not so clear in science and its everyday application. Thanks for shedding light on these!

    • @picketf
      @picketf Рік тому +6

      things are very clear in science and the more we progress the clearer it becomes. Back then people were licking radium with their tongue to paint dots on wristwatches and thought that was a healthy thing to do. I'm sure in a few decades the things we assume to be safe today will be regarded as incredibly stupid and narrow sighted.

    • @skepticatbest
      @skepticatbest Рік тому

      Deep into the law of unintended consequence
      Good stuff. morality tricky like that

    • @BillAnt
      @BillAnt Рік тому

      Great scientific discoveries also bring great responsibilities for the greater good of humanity as a two edged sword (ex. nuclear power).

    • @Chailee551
      @Chailee551 Рік тому

      MAN UR REMIND ME OF SOMETHINF

    • @freakxop8858
      @freakxop8858 Рік тому

      @@picketf But it's today's and yesterday's trail and error that shapes tomorrow

  • @immortalsun
    @immortalsun 9 місяців тому +8

    This is the wildest story I’ve ever heard. I can’t believe this isn’t taught to everybody

  • @elichouinard3850
    @elichouinard3850 5 місяців тому +8

    youtube is absolutely wild for restricting this

  • @nicolasderra3888
    @nicolasderra3888 Рік тому +503

    "Trust me, this incredibly deadly invention is humane, it will end wars quicker" has always resulted in catastrophic ways

    • @cedriceric9730
      @cedriceric9730 Рік тому +19

      he was just a patriot

    • @halleyconjecture4770
      @halleyconjecture4770 Рік тому +27

      except for nuclear

    • @khanch.6807
      @khanch.6807 Рік тому

      You just have to make it more deadly. Deadly enough to crack the Earth's crust. Tsar Bomba could in its maximum yield form crack on tectonic plates.

    • @sonkeschmidt2027
      @sonkeschmidt2027 Рік тому +57

      You either go full Gandhi or full Genghis khan. In between you will be torn between conflicting Ideals.

    • @khanch.6807
      @khanch.6807 Рік тому +51

      @@sonkeschmidt2027 You mean Gandhi from Civ? 😂

  • @elnombre91
    @elnombre91 Рік тому +380

    As a synthetic chemist, I've used chlorine a few times in the lab. I've briefly inhaled low concentrations of Cl2 when it off-gassed from reaction mixtures and it's really unpleasant, I can't imagine how bad a death by chlorine gas in the trenches was.

    • @scottmcgavin5648
      @scottmcgavin5648 Рік тому +3

      As a synthetic organic chemist, I have generated Cl2 gas in the lab a lot. Many times. I'd rather by by chemical than the evil hand of another human being.

    • @damyr
      @damyr Рік тому +24

      Synthetic chemist? Is there also natural chemistry, or you're just an android programmed to be a chemist?

    • @iCarus_A
      @iCarus_A Рік тому +10

      @@damyr arent we all?

    • @boartank
      @boartank Рік тому +3

      I was using chlorine to clean the bathroom. I was too slow and stayed a min longer than I should and my eyes, throat, and lungs stung. Those who breathed chlorine in trenches got their lungs and eyes chemically burned.

    • @wtfbros5110
      @wtfbros5110 Рік тому

      Death by chlorine is literally drowning off your own blood

  • @paulscottpadgett1996
    @paulscottpadgett1996 4 місяці тому +6

    Absolutely STUNNING

  • @gravity_well5627
    @gravity_well5627 5 місяців тому +36

    You aren't allowed to mention suicide. We don't talk about it. We can talk about war crimes but not suicide. Thanks UA-cam

  • @bobbwc7011
    @bobbwc7011 Рік тому +1386

    Don't forget, it is not the "Haber process" - it is the "Haber-Bosch process". Carl Bosch was as instrumental as Fritz Haber because Bosch was the guy coming up with the engineering, machinery and installations to make the process work on an industrial scale. Bosch is another remarkable figure of chemistry; Bosch was CEO of BASF introducing many other high pressure processes, such as urea synthesis or isobutyl oil synthesis. He was awarded the Nobel prize just like Fritz Haber, but later. and for having worked on so many different high pressure processes, not just the Haber-Bosch method. Bosch founded the infamous I.G. Farben.
    Also, Haber's wife Clara Immerwahr was not only a PhD in chemistry, but suffered from not being able to do much scientific work because of the dominating personality of her husband as well as the social restrictions and pressures of being a mother and a housewife. She was also a pacificist. Even though the main reason for killing herself are today attributed to 1.) a depression from her dissatisfaction with her life in general and 2.) having caught her husband with another woman, she was extremely irritated and against her husband being involved with the military, ending up as "the father of the gas war", and supporting the military-industrial complex in other functions.

    • @genericusernamenobody9617
      @genericusernamenobody9617 Рік тому +30

      excellent research, friend

    • @f12736
      @f12736 Рік тому +13

      That's very sad man

    • @pratwurschtgulasch6662
      @pratwurschtgulasch6662 Рік тому +6

      I once bought Bosch windshield wipers, thinking they would be good and they sucked. So I'm not buying from them again. Washing machine? good luck lol

    • @suryaprasanth384
      @suryaprasanth384 Рік тому +34

      @@pratwurschtgulasch6662 what's that supposed to do with this comment?

    • @ggooch97
      @ggooch97 Рік тому +2

      @@suryaprasanth384 laugh.

  • @MicheleDelGiudice-mykys
    @MicheleDelGiudice-mykys Рік тому +2244

    It's crazy how desperately we want to categorize people as either heroes/idols or villains/monsters.
    Especially when it does nothing useful, and especially when they have been dead for a long time, instead of focus on what they accomplished separately.
    Edit: accomplishments as in both positive and negative.

    • @normalhuman386
      @normalhuman386 Рік тому

      Nah he’s a monster who did a good thing

    • @bruzote
      @bruzote Рік тому +51

      That we do it is not crazy. What is crazy is the desperation part you mention. The unwillingness to even see what is obvious.

    • @MicheleDelGiudice-mykys
      @MicheleDelGiudice-mykys Рік тому +6

      @@bruzote true

    • @jacksonhaddah5395
      @jacksonhaddah5395 Рік тому +8

      Sad world human know the right thing but use it for evil

    • @c0peharder261
      @c0peharder261 Рік тому +13

      Of course… The child-like minds of these Iosers is far to naive to look at anything in a nuanced manner.. which unfortunately requires among many things!-intelligence, comprehension of many different facets that were ongoing during his life, and an ability to NOT view the past and its people while using the virtue signaling, judgmental lenses of 2022, as so many people unfortunately do.

  • @JGMBear
    @JGMBear 9 місяців тому

    This is one of the best videos ever uploaded to UA-cam.
    Thank you Veritasium❤❤

  • @GifyTheOld
    @GifyTheOld 5 місяців тому +25

    Really UA-cam? That is ridiculous to restrict this. 👎

  • @begzodbekurinboev2734
    @begzodbekurinboev2734 11 місяців тому +26

    I am more impressed by Fritz's persistence and perseverance. The guy was obviously man of will and focused on his projects

  • @dipling.pitzler7650
    @dipling.pitzler7650 Рік тому +788

    Funny how being identified as a patriot or a villain only depends on which side you were on. Fritz Haber a villain but Richard Feynman ,Robert Oppenheimer defined as patriots just as all the unnamed scientists nowadays working for big military tech companies. I would love to watch Veritasium telling the story of the man/woman or team who developed Agent Orange.I suppose it also depends on if your weapons were used to defend and promote democracy or not.

    • @Arcaryon
      @Arcaryon Рік тому +176

      Promote democracy in WW1? France and the UK held massive colonial empires, Russia was an empire itself, and Italy had a king as well.
      The USA had conquered a massive amount of land from the native locals and was also trying to increase its already large international influence - all in all, in WW1, almost no one was fighting for democracy. Some small players were but they were mostly just dragged into the conflict - not that they didn’t participate enthusiastic later on as well.

    • @danyelnicholas
      @danyelnicholas Рік тому +35

      Well, it is certainly a difference whether you fight for or against Hitler / Kaiser Wilhelm. With Agent Orange we do indeed enter in very murky water. Good point.

    • @marcosburgos8415
      @marcosburgos8415 Рік тому +24

      Ive never heard someone outside some history channel esque documentary refer to Oppenheimer has a patriot tbh

    • @mimic6494
      @mimic6494 Рік тому

      Well yeah I doubt most Americans see their imperialist army as villains but to a lot of the world they're disgusting bloodthirsty murderers

    • @lost4468yt
      @lost4468yt Рік тому +41

      Feynman went into a period of depression after developing the bomb. He believed that a nuclear war would be very very imminent. Also didn't help that his wife died while he was working on the bomb, and he kind of just emotionally ignored her death at the time, so emotionally suppressed it until after the war.

  • @Feintgames
    @Feintgames Рік тому +759

    In the book "The Invention of the Atomic Bomb", the author describes that last night with Haber's wife (who was also an accomplished scientist in her own right). She insisted that he not attend the gas attack test and said she would leave him if he did. He said something along the lines of having a responsibility to his country first. So she killed herself. This book is great because it gives insight into the motivations of scientists who in the lens of today can appear to be monsters. A lot of the people motivated to help with the creation of the atomic bomb were working under the fear that Nazi Germany was making their own bomb and they all remembered the use of chemical warfare just a few decades prior. They knew what Hitler was capable of.

    • @ldkbudda4176
      @ldkbudda4176 Рік тому

      this is just justification! You shurely can kill your child, who can garantee that he will not become a great war monger? ;)

    • @davidhollenshead4892
      @davidhollenshead4892 Рік тому +120

      There is one issue that most people fail to understand. You didn't simply refuse the Kaiser, particularly if you were a Jew...
      My grandfather's father was an industrial pharmaceutical chemist who worked for a German/ American Firm and was in Germany when the war broke out. He was also a Hasidic Jew with a wife and children. So he helped engineer the mass production of Phosgene because he couldn't take care of his family while freezing to death in an unheated prison cell...
      Because of this, my grandfather's father, wife and children were banned from the US, and from working in his field outside of Germany and as a Jew was essentially banned from professional work. Using forged documents & a new last name, he managed to get his family into the US just in time to avoid the Third Reich unlike most of the family. He spent the rest of his life as a poor tobacco farmer producing the leaves that cigars are rolled in...
      My grandfather married a Métis Nurse, which resulted him being cut of from his family as his children would not be considered Jews as my grandmother's mother's mother was a full blood Native American. His parents had already disowned him for walking away from their faith, but this resulted in most of his family stopping speaking to him. My grandparents adopted my mother, the result of a fifteen year old residential boarding school student being raped by a white man. So yes, my mother is mixed First Nations / European...
      My grandfather volunteered for the US Army once the US entered WWII and was a field surgeon in a front line field hospital. So he had to euthanize about a third of his patients during the war, as they couldn't or should try to save them, something that haunted him. After his field hospital was involved in their second concentration camp liberation, he wrote the medical protocalls for treating the survivors. Because he spoke fluent German and French, my grandfather like a lot of German Jews acted as an interpreter for the Army, which is when the US Government learned that his family was in the US without legitimate paperwork, but it took no action....
      After the war, my grandfather delivered over ten thousand healthy children over his career, in addition to the deliveries in Europe he performed during and immediately after the war. A few tools for performing Cesarean Sections that were designed by my grandfather are still used today. Instead of patenting them he made them public domain. You could say that he spent his life making up for the sins of his father, who had no choice during WWI, and for having to kill some of his own patients during WWII, as he had no choice....

    • @ruckboger
      @ruckboger Рік тому

      @@davidhollenshead4892 Hang on a second. You make Haber sound like a prisoner. He pursued gas weapons in WWI and continued his work until 1933. Read "Hitler's Scientists" by John Cornwell. Haber was a fierce proponent of using gas and was a loyal soldier of the state of Germany until he was pushed out.
      Many of the scientists who created weapons of mass destruction were Jewish. You only need to look at Oppenheimer, Meitner, Frisch and many others to realize that. There is plenty of blame to go around where these weapons are concerned. And no matter what anyone says, the ends does not justify the means.

    • @crypandora66
      @crypandora66 Рік тому +17

      @@davidhollenshead4892 in my book I'm reading, it stated some horrific injuries sustained by soldiers, like their faces being blown off. Only to be kind of stitched back together and immediately thrown back onto the battle field to only then die. And all the nurses knew this. Wasting valuable medical supplies and time. A lot of the time if you were not worth saving, you were just left to die in the field. So actually, him putting these soldiers down was actually the most merciful thing you could have done. In the wake of almost no antibiotics (WW1) we learned a lot of valuable lessons and advancements in the medical field. If it weren't for tragedy, we wouldn't have antibiotics, life saving surgeries, trauma hospital protocols or even anesthesia.
      If both you and the OP are interested, read the book "The Face Maker" by Lindsey Fitzharris. It illustrates the reconstruction of soldiers faces, the horrors they faced on the battlefield field, the introduction of chemical weapons like chlorine gas/mustard gas. Something so horrible to see and yet you have no idea how to tackle this problem. Then the invention of gas masks were made.
      Humans are wild

    • @jimmerkerlin5005
      @jimmerkerlin5005 Рік тому +10

      @@davidhollenshead4892,
      Amazing story, David. TY.

  • @Forzahorizon180
    @Forzahorizon180 5 місяців тому +14

    Who came here after the reuploud

  • @jonathansobol4566
    @jonathansobol4566 8 місяців тому +8

    a tragic and beautiful story. I love your videos and this one hit me like a train, particularly as a Jewish scientist myself. We must use knowledge for the good of all humanity

  • @applearcade2723
    @applearcade2723 Рік тому +380

    As a chemist who is working on electrochemical water splitting, I Just got goosebumps throughout the video. Maybe because in my childhood Haber's process was my favourite, simple yet extraordinary. Thank you for making this video. It felt delightful.

    • @Nah_I_Would_Plummet
      @Nah_I_Would_Plummet Рік тому +27

      to add insult to injury, his own extended relatives were murdered with his own invention

    • @stevengill1736
      @stevengill1736 Рік тому +4

      Very cool! Good luck with your research.

    • @arkatub
      @arkatub Рік тому

      Why not try out all the random combinations of gasses/pressures/catalysts you can think of without a specific goal? has anyone done this? In chemistry.

    • @applearcade2723
      @applearcade2723 Рік тому +2

      @@arkatub scientists all over the world are trying with their specific combination. If you count the thousands of scientists and their thousands of possibile combination of catalysts , it is indeed a "random" search for that "Eureka" moment😉

    • @Blox117
      @Blox117 Рік тому +3

      lol kinda weird to have such a specific chemical process as a favorite thing when you're a child

  • @alexfilmwriting
    @alexfilmwriting Рік тому +997

    I really like your magnetic plastic molecule models. That helps a lot. Keep doing that. Even for mostly physics issues, the simple chemistry illustrations are super useful.

    • @linkinlinkinlinkin654
      @linkinlinkinlinkin654 Рік тому +5

      He sells those

    • @commentfreely5443
      @commentfreely5443 Рік тому

      govt of denmark doing the WEF globalist scam to kill everyone by banning nitrogen so the farmers have to kill their stock and sell land to the elites.

    • @veryboredguyplaysnicosnext2980
      @veryboredguyplaysnicosnext2980 Рік тому

      Jenny Wakeman Did This

    • @EEEEEEEE
      @EEEEEEEE Рік тому +3

      E‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎

    • @rodnyc.8876
      @rodnyc.8876 Рік тому

      @@EEEEEEEE E

  • @luciaparker389
    @luciaparker389 Рік тому +3

    I love this video very informative, summary ans easy to follow. Well done work. Is one of my favorite video to teach. I can gleaned so much from it!

  • @aryan519
    @aryan519 Рік тому +1

    Ending remarks were amazing. Thank you for making this video!

  • @YourPhysicsSimulator
    @YourPhysicsSimulator Рік тому +244

    "So why did people want poop-covered islands so badly?"
    Derek finally asking the right questions

    • @MbitaChizi
      @MbitaChizi Рік тому +2

      Dont read my name😑😑..

    • @brad8122
      @brad8122 Рік тому +6

      India wants to know your location

    • @fredwerza3478
      @fredwerza3478 Рік тому +3

      Birds have it better than humans --- fly anywhere they want and poop on anything they want, no punishments

    • @Otokichi786
      @Otokichi786 Рік тому

      Shipments of Nitrates to munitions factories were targeted by "Captain Nemo" of Jules Verne's " 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea."

    • @KasumiR
      @KasumiR Рік тому

      You know the whole colony of roseate spoonbills story was a cover up. Real reason someone was interested in the guano island is, let me quote Wikipedia on that, "working with the Russians and has built an elaborate underground facility from which he can sabotage US test missiles launched from Cape Canaveral".
      That's it. It's not about bird dung, or endangered birds, or even the dragon living on the island...
      In case you missed the joke, it's the plot of Dr. No, the Ian Fleming novel that served as bases for the first Bond film.

  • @boredlazymax
    @boredlazymax Рік тому +2359

    That’s a terrifying power of an innovator,
    His discovery can help billions *but he can also use it to kill billions.*

    • @mheekkim2901
      @mheekkim2901 Рік тому +49

      Imperium of Mankind *That's a WIN WIN*

    • @meamzcs
      @meamzcs Рік тому

      Any invention that's useful can be used for war in one way or another.

    • @peaoat3608
      @peaoat3608 Рік тому +55

      Depends on the perspective. From the planet Earth’s perspective increasing human population turned out to be disastrous, as we are witnessing.

    • @error_3498
      @error_3498 Рік тому +90

      @@peaoat3608 the planet doesn't have a perceptive it isn't alive and doesn't have a will

    • @kingbagni6438
      @kingbagni6438 Рік тому +8

      Having Power is easy but controlling it is the hard part

  • @hacker6284
    @hacker6284 5 місяців тому +9

    Went straight from the reupload to this one. Stop the censorship

  • @nicolasdujarrier
    @nicolasdujarrier Рік тому +6

    So far, I really, really love those Veritasium science videos and how well made they are !!! Thanks very much to all the Veritasium team for all the good work 👍

  • @dandrangus290
    @dandrangus290 Рік тому +896

    Ah yes, "The Alchemy of Air" probably my favorite book for the past few years. Tragic story, Fritz son Herman also committed suicide after the war and the passing of Hermann's wife, then 3 years later Hermann's oldest daughter also committed suicide.

    • @remusvulpin6025
      @remusvulpin6025 Рік тому +34

      Maybe he's the problem then? Just saying

    • @daxie__3210
      @daxie__3210 Рік тому +67

      @@remusvulpin6025 what is wrong with you

    • @aloedark5221
      @aloedark5221 Рік тому +114

      @@remusvulpin6025 i dont think so personally it was just a awefull time to be around. The stress of just not knowing whats going to happen and the sadness of losing family can drive everyone over the verge i think.

    • @unputocalvo
      @unputocalvo Рік тому +2

      @@remusvulpin6025 How

    • @za5528
      @za5528 Рік тому +136

      And the daughter committed suicide because after she'd emigrated to America, she'd been researching an antidote to chlorine poisoning but was told her work was being discontinued because the U.S. wanted to focus on the Manhattan Project. So Haber's granddaughter spent her life's work trying to undo what Haber did, and died because science was moving onto an even more horrific new weapon.

  • @KATMOMSEVEN
    @KATMOMSEVEN Рік тому +1002

    Never heard of this story but it explains how knowledge is a two edged sword!

    • @manishasaxena6657
      @manishasaxena6657 Рік тому +9

      have studied about Haber's process every year like 3 years now
      but never knew this side of haber

    • @Tragedyval
      @Tragedyval Рік тому +1

      you ever play civilization games? high science means you win games

    • @neogeo1670
      @neogeo1670 Рік тому +3

      just like the nuclear bomb lead to nuclear power plants...

    • @thebeanymac
      @thebeanymac Рік тому +1

      Another double-edged sword is virology.

    • @lohithreddy6629
      @lohithreddy6629 Рік тому +1

      Perfectly that too

  • @edgeeffect
    @edgeeffect 11 місяців тому

    This is one of your best videos ever! Absolutely brilliant! Keep up The Great Work!

  • @ivancoral6845
    @ivancoral6845 5 місяців тому +9

    Here after watching the cLeAn version to see what bs excuse UA-cam came up with to demonetize this masterpiece.

  • @tejshdesai5031
    @tejshdesai5031 Рік тому +860

    This was one of the best Veritasium episodes I have ever seen. The science, story, and message kept me locked in the whole way through and I didn’t want it to end.

    • @bonsummers2657
      @bonsummers2657 Рік тому

      The biology of the soil is the key for Nitrogen in getting to the plants, regenerative agriculture/horticulture,…... not adding nitrogen by concentrated sources, but, adding concentrated nitrogen sources is a fix.

    • @rayaqin
      @rayaqin Рік тому

      @@bonsummers2657 your point? When did he say in the video that you're supposed to ass concentrated sources?

    • @ambarbhalavi3660
      @ambarbhalavi3660 Рік тому

      True

    • @mrtechno8973
      @mrtechno8973 Рік тому +1

      He just serve his country. Nurdy amaricans can't understand that.

    • @troypasulka1368
      @troypasulka1368 Рік тому

      Easily one of the best

  • @maartenkeus8627
    @maartenkeus8627 Рік тому +696

    What. A. Story. I'm so intrigued by these recent scientist life stories, accompanied by your big, philosophical questions, your videos are of such high quality, please make more of this!

    • @Biomechanoid29ah
      @Biomechanoid29ah Рік тому +3

      in uncle Ben's own words... "with a big power comes a big responsability..."

    • @EEEEEEEE
      @EEEEEEEE Рік тому

      ‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎E‎

    • @hyp3ri6n58
      @hyp3ri6n58 Рік тому

      I couldnt agree more. This actually feels like a story that should have a movie made about it because of how crazy it is. Props to Derek and all of the other incredibly talented people who worked on this video

    • @Ottee2
      @Ottee2 Рік тому +1

      @@hyp3ri6n58 , It is a compellingly, tragic story that would make a good movie. Perhaps Christof Waltz could play Fritz Haber. A tale of woe and a warning to humanity.
      Weaponized AI, anyone?
      Anyone?

    • @factswithtoddsnickers8776
      @factswithtoddsnickers8776 Рік тому

      @@EEEEEEEE g😔😔

  • @thefirstcurse3123
    @thefirstcurse3123 Рік тому +3

    Learning things about base elements and chemicals bore the everloving hell out of me, but this was interesting.
    As soon as you said Zyklon-B, my heart sank.

  • @silent123Death
    @silent123Death 9 місяців тому +2

    Ngl kinda pushed the like button cos i know this video is not getting ads. Thank u for making this

  • @arunavobhattacharjee1098
    @arunavobhattacharjee1098 Рік тому +754

    Great video! However, we cannot speak of Haber's contributions to nitrogen chemistry without mentioning Carl Bosch! The process is actually called the Haber-Bosch process to recognize Bosch's contributions.
    Carl Bosch led the team of engineers and chemists at BASF that made the trickle flow of Haber's table top prototype ammonia oven become the factory sized ammonia river that has fed the world's fertilizer and weapons needs ever since. This was no easy feat- without the successful scaling up of the process, it would never have been possible to commercialize and thus economically unviable to operate. You can make a small pressure oven relatively easily, but to make one the size of a house? Its like making a 1920's airplane versus a modern fighter jet... Or maybe a sailboat versus an aircraft carrier. Same working principle, huge difference. It took tremendous amounts of pioneering engineering- the science of how to make chemical reactions possible on a large scale under extreme conditions of temperature and pressure- which laid the foundations of the field we today call chemical engineering.
    Bosch eventually became the director of BASF and then (when BASF merged with other firms) the conglomerate IG Farben, after which he was retired from his position, due to poor health and resistance to Hitler's policies. He shared the Nobel prize in chemistry (with Friedrich Bergius) in 1931 for his contributions to high pressure chemistry.

    • @j.e.h.648
      @j.e.h.648 Рік тому +7

      If i remember correctly, he was also the One who found the right Katalysator for the synthesis to work.

    • @lordanonimmo7699
      @lordanonimmo7699 Рік тому +1

      There was another guy that i forgot the name,but a british one that came up with the design for one the most important parts but he is rarely talked about too.

    • @rebeccacarlson9166
      @rebeccacarlson9166 Рік тому +1

      Thank you for this information!

    • @tpasco1995
      @tpasco1995 Рік тому +6

      It's necessary to consider Bosch as an important figure; his legacy is one of the largest engineering products companies in the world. But truthfully, I think handing him the Nobel in conjunction with Haber was simply the committee trying to save face.
      Carl Bosch was an excellent engineer, but he didn't do chemical discovery. The process on an industrial scale was, indeed, the scaled version of what Haber had discovered; never since nor before has a chemistry Nobel been given to the industrial engineer who scaled up the production.
      Bosch was necessary to the commercial production, and in many instances he was an experimental chemist, but the politics of the time suggest that he wasn't even named in the process technique until after the Nobel was awarded.

    • @lostbutfreesoul
      @lostbutfreesoul Рік тому +3

      Indeed, credit always has to be given to the team that manage to turn the prototype into a usable concept.

  • @mrb3958
    @mrb3958 Рік тому +1271

    Fritz Haber, the discoverer of the 'Haber Process', is the prime example of what science is, not what it should or shouldn’t be. The monologue in the end poses the fundamental approch of Human nature to any tool we use in our day-to-day lives, including science. This episode has to be one of magnum opuses of this channel.

    • @MASK963
      @MASK963 Рік тому +21

      but the purpose of human life isn't to increase 10:34 our numbers , we are not bacteria !
      every time we increase our numbers we also increase the need for new systems to sustain those numbers . any person with wisdom knows that we are effectively building a "dam" higher and higher , ensuring an eventual CATASTROPHIC COLLAPSE .

    • @cetomedo
      @cetomedo Рік тому +23

      @@MASK963 The purpose of life itself is to increase numbers, and human lives are still lives. We don't like our purpose, so we give ourselves new ones(or at least I do, I can't speak for you but I assume you are the same)

    • @MASK963
      @MASK963 Рік тому +5

      @@cetomedo no , I am far superior to you .

    • @dbell1894
      @dbell1894 Рік тому +20

      Human life has no “purpose”. Nor does anything else in the universe, because there is no unified goal. That doesn’t mean you can’t find purpose though.

    • @josefdrapak1889
      @josefdrapak1889 Рік тому +10

      @@MASK963 ain't no way you meant that comment about superiority seriously

  • @ifur
    @ifur 5 місяців тому +7

    whos here after the clean version?

  • @alirezazakeri9338
    @alirezazakeri9338 8 місяців тому +1

    I swear you make the best content on youtube in every aspect!

  • @ivayloivanov3671
    @ivayloivanov3671 Рік тому +1071

    As a kid of 90s, born and raised in Bulgaria, I remember my father plant tomatoes, cucumbers and other veggies, so I clearly remember that he mixed soil with farm chicken poo, add water and that was more than enough to grow those vegetables. And honestly that was the tastier veggies I ever eat.

    • @BooBaddyBig
      @BooBaddyBig Рік тому +45

      Where did he get the chicken feed from though? Chances are there's artificial fertilizer in that chain. There doesn't have to be, but if there isn't, the yield is usually halved.

    • @jinraigami3349
      @jinraigami3349 Рік тому +73

      @@BooBaddyBig from eating seeds, insect, etc. The chicken that eats the process feeds taste terrible. I bet you never eat organic raised chicken to ask that question.

    • @clairelesaffre249
      @clairelesaffre249 Рік тому +1

      Yes as a kid raised in Vietnam I can assure I've never eaten more tasty food than the one that grows by feces of chicken and traditional agriculture techniques. And I'm in France right now for studying and I want to kill myself for the fact it's been three years without a proper meal. I cannot understand how can "developed countries" be developed as they have destroy their soils and food supplies. How to make them understand that THEY are the underdeveloped ones because they can't grow their own food and just think that money will get them somewhere? People are so depressed here in Paris, but they never ate good food once in their lives! They ate only processed foods and as a matter of fact, their brains have not developed, this is why they are so aggressive.

    • @veghcsenge
      @veghcsenge Рік тому +18

      @@jinraigami3349 Corn, wheat, barley, etc. are not processed feeds, but are in fact usually grown with fertilisers. At least here, where I live.

    • @jinraigami3349
      @jinraigami3349 Рік тому +18

      @@veghcsenge Yeah. That's why I add ect. Processed feeds are those food to make your chicken grow faster. In my country, people allow their chicken to run around their land and eat those thing I have mentioned plus some rice. Even they are smaller than the farm raised using process feeds, these chickens taste way tastier.

  • @BewareTheCarpenter
    @BewareTheCarpenter Рік тому +1090

    When you said he tried to get gold out of seawater my knee jerk reaction was superstition/ stupidity to think that was possible. Before his other inventions they were probably considered equally impossible by the people of his day. Thank you. This was truly informative.

    • @mournblade1066
      @mournblade1066 Рік тому +133

      There is approximately 1 gram of gold for every 100 million tons of seawater. The problem is, it is incredibly inefficient to extract it. It CAN be done, but isn't worth the cost.

    • @gorilladisco9108
      @gorilladisco9108 Рік тому +88

      Seawater actually contain gold .. and uranium. Yes, it does. In fact, scientist had calculated the amount of gold (and uranium) in sea water are thousands time more than what we have in entire mines this planet have, combined.
      But.
      But it's so diluted in water that the cost to harvest it from seawater are far higher than dig it from mines.

    • @planetarubscons1838
      @planetarubscons1838 Рік тому +31

      Maybe the gold and uranium in the water was key element for life to evolve :)

    • @nearthefarworld
      @nearthefarworld Рік тому

      Ancient sumerians carved on stone that the creators of mankind came to earth to do just that, extract gold from the ocean and atmosphere but it wasn't producing a substantial amount so they began to mine, but workers were complaining about labor, so they took the life form they thought would produce the best results, and mixed in their DNA with the animal's, resulting in what we are today. I have only been mind blown by the past. These discoveries seem lackluster in comparison.

    • @tiararoxeanne1318
      @tiararoxeanne1318 Рік тому +12

      @@planetarubscons1838 That is a fascinating idea🤔