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Zusatztext This book tells one of the most important stories of the twentieth century with the panache and pacing of a beach thriller. Gorder Fraser shifts with ease from the innermost realms of nuclear physics to the migrations - and torments - of entire nations. Deep! difficult waters are explored without flinching. Informationen zum Autor Gordon Fraser (the late) was for many years the in-house editor at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, in Geneva. His books on popular science and scientists include Cosmic Anger, a biography of Abdus Salam, the first Muslim Nobel scientist, and Antimatter: The Ultimate Mirror. He was also the editor of The New Physics for the 21st Century and The Particle Century. After undergraduate studies at Imperial College, London, he went on to a PhD in theoretical particle physics, and has worked as a research scientist as well as a journalist. Klappentext When the Nazis came to power in 1933! they immediately expelled Jewish academics! unwittingly changing the power balance of world science. When war came! these scientific refugees raced to engineer the atomic bomb! to prevent Nazi Germany getting there first. Zusammenfassung When the Nazis came to power in 1933, they immediately expelled Jewish academics, unwittingly changing the power balance of world science. When war came, these scientific refugees raced to engineer the atomic bomb, to prevent Nazi Germany getting there first. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Neutrons and Nazis; 2 The Rise of German Science; 3 Cultural Cleansing; 4 Emblematic Emigrants; 5 The Fall of German Science; 6 Plagues; 7 Abide With Me; 8 Fission Mission; 9 Gathering Nuclear Fuel; 10 For in Much Wisdom is Much Grief; 11 Science and Anxiety; 12 Epilogue - Europe redux; Appendix! Bibliography and Acknowledgements
