Serving the Reich: the struggle for the soul of physics under Hitler
by Ball, Philip 1962-.
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BookPublisher: Vintage Books 2014ISBN: 9780099581642; 0099581647.Classification number: 539.7094 BALSubject(s): Planck 1858-1947 | Debye Peter Josef William 1884-1966 | Heisenberg 1901-1976 | Nuclear physics -- Germany -- History -- 20th century | World War, 1939-1945 -- Science -- GermanySubject: 'Serving the Reich' tells the story of three world-renowned physicists working under Hitler against the background of the attempt by Nazi scientists to create 'German physics' - an Aryan science that excluded any 'Jewish ideas', in particular Einstein's theory of relativity.
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Includes bibliographical references and index
'Serving the Reich' tells the story of three world-renowned physicists working under Hitler against the background of the attempt by Nazi scientists to create 'German physics' - an Aryan science that excluded any 'Jewish ideas', in particular Einstein's theory of relativity.
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