Covering the dramatic rise of German science in the nineteenthcentury, its preeminence in the early twentieth, and thefrightening developments that led to its collapse in 1945, this isthe compelling story of German scientists under Hitler’s regime.Weaving the history of science and technology with the fortunes ofwar and the stories of men and women whose discoveries brought bothbenefits and destruction to the world, Hitler’s Scientistsraises questions that are still urgent today. As science becomesembroiled in new generations of weapons of mass destruction and thewar against terrorism, as advances in biotechnology outstriptraditional ethics, this powerful account of Nazi science forms acrucial commentary on the ethical role of science.
【作者简介】
John Cornwell is an award-winning journalist and the author ofnumerous novels and works of nonfiction. The director of theScience and Human Dimension Project at Cambridge University,Cornwell lives in Cambridge, London, and England.
【目录】
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Understanding the Germans
PART ONE: Hitler's Scientific Inheritance
1. Hider 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 I918-I933
7. Physics after the First War
8. German Science Survives
PART THREE: Nazi Enthusiasm, Compliance and Oppression I933-I939
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