The world's greatest fix a history of nitrogen and agriculture - Leigh, G. J. (Oxford University Press, 2004)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-231)
Nitrogen fixation, agriculture, and the environment -- The development of agriculture -- The development of English agriculture and the recognition of the fertiliser deficit -- The discovery of nitrogen and the disappearance of alchemical nitre -- The triumph of industrial chemistry -- The continuing mystery of biological nitrogen fixation -- Nitrogen, threat or benefaction?