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Hitler's Scientists by John Cornwell

Hitler’s Scientists

Science, War, and the Devil’s Pact

Science, War, and the Devil’s Pact

By John Cornwell

By John Cornwell

By John Cornwell

By John Cornwell

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    An eye-opening account of the rise of science in Germany through to Hitler’s regime, and the frightening Nazi experiments that occurred during the Reich

    A shocking account of Nazi science, and a compelling look at the the dramatic rise of German science in the nineteenth century, its preeminence in the early twentieth, and the frightening developments that led to its collapse in 1945, this is the compelling story of German scientists under Hitler’s regime. Weaving the history of science and technology with the fortunes of war and the stories of men and women whose discoveries brought both benefits and destruction to the world, Hitler’s Scientists raises questions that are still urgent today. As science becomes embroiled in new generations of weapons of mass destruction and the war against terrorism, as advances in biotechnology outstrip traditional ethics, this powerful account of Nazi science forms a crucial commentary on the ethical role of science.

    About Hitler’s Scientists

    An eye-opening account of the rise of science in Germany through to Hitler’s regime, and the frightening Nazi experiments that occurred during the Reich

    A shocking account of Nazi science, and a compelling look at the the dramatic rise of German science in the nineteenth century, its preeminence in the early twentieth, and the frightening developments that led to its collapse in 1945, this is the compelling story of German scientists under Hitler’s regime. Weaving the history of science and technology with the fortunes of war and the stories of men and women whose discoveries brought both benefits and destruction to the world, Hitler’s Scientists raises questions that are still urgent today. As science becomes embroiled in new generations of weapons of mass destruction and the war against terrorism, as advances in biotechnology outstrip traditional ethics, this powerful account of Nazi science forms a crucial commentary on the ethical role of science.

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    About John Cornwell

    John Cornwell is in the department of history and philosophy of science at Cambridge University. He is a regular feature writer at the Sunday Times (London) and the author and editor of four books on science, including Power to Harm,… More about John Cornwell

    About John Cornwell

    John Cornwell is in the department of history and philosophy of science at Cambridge University. He is a regular feature writer at the Sunday Times (London) and the author and editor of four books on science, including Power to Harm,… More about John Cornwell

    Product Details

    Category: European World History | World War II Military History | Science

    Paperback | $18.00
    Published by Penguin Books
    Sep 28, 2004 | 576 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-7/16 | ISBN 9780142004807

    Category: European World History | World War II Military History | Science

    Ebook | $13.99
    Published by Penguin Books
    Sep 28, 2004 | 576 Pages | ISBN 9781101640159

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    Praise

    Wide ranging and accessible . . . [A] disturbing and important account. (The Economist)

    Table Of Contents

    List of Illustrations
    Acknowledgments
    Introduction: Understanding the Germans


    Part One: Hitler’s Scientific Inheritance
    1. Hitler the Scientist
    2. Germany the Science Mecca
    3. Fritz Haber
    4. The Poison Gas Scientists
    5. The “Science” of Racial Hygiene
    6. Eugenics and Psychiatry

    Part Two: The New Physics 1918-1933
    7. Physics after the First War
    8. German Science Survives

    Part Three: Nazi Enthusiasm, Compliance and Oppression 1933-1939
    9. The Dismissals
    10. Engineers and Rocketeers
    11. Medicine Under Hitler
    12. The Cancer Campaign
    13. Geopolitik and Lebensraum
    14. Nazi Physics
    15. Himmler’s Pseudo-science
    16. Deutsche Mathematik

    Part Four: The Science of Destruction and Defence 1933-1943
    17. Fission Mania
    18. World War II
    19. Machines of War
    20. Radar
    21. Codes

    Part Five: The Nazi Atomic Bomb 1941-1945
    22. Copenhagen
    23. Speer and Heisenberg
    24. Haigerloch and Los Alamos

    Part Six: Science in Hell 1942-1945
    25. Slave Labour at Dora
    26. The “Science” of Extermination and Human Experiment
    27. The Devil’s Chemists
    28. Wonder Weapons

    Part Seven: In Hitler’s Shadow
    29. Farm Hall
    30. Heroes, Villains, and Fellow Travellers
    31. Scientific Plunder

    Part Eight: Science from the Cold War to the War on Terrorism
    32. Nuclear Postures
    33. Uniquely Nazi?
    34. Science at War Again

    Notes
    Select Bibliography
    Index

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