Coldmoon@sh.itjust.works to Today I learned@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agoTIL that Norman Borlaug, an agricultural scientist, developed high-yield, disease-resistant wheat that helped prevent famine and is credited with saving over 1.2 billion lives. He won the Nobel Prizeen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up192arrow-down12
arrow-up190arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Norman Borlaug, an agricultural scientist, developed high-yield, disease-resistant wheat that helped prevent famine and is credited with saving over 1.2 billion lives. He won the Nobel Prizeen.wikipedia.orgColdmoon@sh.itjust.works to Today I learned@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square3fedilink
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoThis reminds me of the first chapter of When We Cease To Understand the World It goes into the discovery of Prussian Blue, of nerve gas, and eventually of modern fertilizers, all stemming from the broader understanding of the nitrogen fixing process.
This reminds me of the first chapter of When We Cease To Understand the World
It goes into the discovery of Prussian Blue, of nerve gas, and eventually of modern fertilizers, all stemming from the broader understanding of the nitrogen fixing process.