Hitler's Gift: Scientists who Fled Nazi Germany'With material drawn from more than 20 surviving refungee scientists, this is an aweinspiring book.' The Sunday Telegraph'a fascinating account of the thousands of Jewish scientists who left Germany under the Nazis and enriched world science.' New Scientist |
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