Physics and National Socialism: An Anthology of Primary Sources (Science Networks Historical Studies, V. 18) - Hardcover
"[The author] has done a great service to historians of modern physics by editing this first anthology of primary sources, excellently translated into English... The texts are well selected and range widely, from private correspondence and official memoranda to articles dealing with physics in a propagandistic or popular manner... Many of the sources are extremely interesting and appear here for the first time. Their value is further enhanced by the editor's cross-referencing and detailed notes... [The book] is also a fine introduction to the entire subject. [The] 101-page 'introduction' gives an admirable survey of German physics during the Nazi period as well as a thorough discussion of the historiography of the subject... [The book] is of such quality and usefulness that were I to choose a single book on the history of physics in the Third Reich this might well be the one."
H. Kragh, Centaurus
H. Kragh, Centaurus
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Language Notes:
Text: English
Original Language: German
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Original Language: German
Translated letters, documents, and affidavits authored by prominent physicists in the Nazi state underscore the important role physics played politically in weapon planning and ideologically in the Jewish (theoretical) and Aryan (experimental) debate. The editors avoid Einstein and Heisenberg and turn their attention to other important figures of the time who conducted research between 1933 and 1945, and whose work collided with Nazi policy, education ideology, and politics. The documents are annotated, supplying important historical background particularly in the area of physics research. The appendix provides biographical information on the authors. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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- PublisherBirkhauser
- ISBN 10 0817653120
- ISBN 13 9780817653125
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages406
- EditorHentschel Klaus, Hentschel Ann M.
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