Hitler's Gift: The True Story of the Scientists Expelled by the Nazi RegimeWould Hitler have won the war had he not "given" the Allies Germany's most talented scientists? This is the gripping & sobering story of some of the greatest scientists of our times who, forced to flee Nazism, sought refuge in Great Britain & the United States. |
Contents
The Coming of the Nazis | 15 |
Einstein | 31 |
Rescuers | 49 |
S Refugees to Britain Physicists | 69 |
Refugees to Britain Biologists and Chemists | 95 |
Refugees to the United States | 131 |
Those Who Stayed | 157 |
Internment | 191 |
IO The Bomb | 211 |
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Hitler's Gift: The True Story of the Scientists Expelled by the Nazi Regime Jean Medawar,David Pyke No preview available - 2012 |
Hitler's Gift: The True Story of the Scientists Expelled by the Nazi Regime Jean Medawar,David Pyke No preview available - 2012 |
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