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A history of gunpowder and dynamite traces the discovery of nitrate and the international impact of its use, chronicling the global struggle to find raw materials while citing the contributions of such figures as Alfred Nobel and Fritz Haber. By the author of Scurvy.
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Stephen R. Bown was born in Ottawa, Canada, and graduated in history from the University of Alberta. He has a special interest in the history of science and exploration. His previous books are The Naturalists: Scientific Travelers in the Golden Age of National History and Scurvy: How a Surgeon, a Mariner, and a Gentleman Solved the Greatest Medical Mystery of the Age of Sail. He lives in the Canadian Rockies with his wife and two young children.
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