Between Genius And Genocide: The Tragedy Of Fritz Haber

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Chemistry is well known as the ‘central science’ due to its relevance and importance within other fields of science. After studying chemistry, biology, physics and politics in year 12 chemistry emerged as particularly fascinating to me; providing understanding of the circumstances and relevance of quantum theory beyond the purely theoretical approach taught in physics and the chemical reasons why many biological processes happen. When reading ’Between Genius and Genocide: The Tragedy of Fritz Haber, Father of Chemical Warfare’ by Daniel Charles I developed an interest and began to research ethics in chemistry. The moral debates surrounding the life and work of Fritz Haber led to me continuing my research in the form of an EPQ. This discusses chemical ethics and its relevance to chemistry today using the work of Fritz Haber as a posthumous case study particularly focusing on his development of chemical warfare and the Haber-Bosch process. Since starting my A-level studies I have been a chemistry prefect. As part of this role I mentored a GCSE student helping her to organise her work and understand the techniques required for answering chemistry exam questions. I also as part of team ran a chemistry club for younger students; we planned, organised, risk assessed and performed well known interactive experiments with the younger …show more content…

I shadowed two chemistry PhD students, one working within the field of analytical chemistry and the other in biochemistry working with cells. This allowed me to experience working in a university lab and research in different fields of chemistry. I also experienced a lecture at the university as part of this day. I also visited Southampton prior to this for a twilight session in which we used lab equipment to extract components from nutmeg. This was a fantastic experience of using university laboratories including testing our extracted compound in a mass

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