Hitler's Gift: The True Story of the Scientists Expelled by the Nazi Regime

by David Pyke, Jean Medawar, J.S. Medawar

Book Overview

If the dismissal of Jewish scientists means the annihilation of contemporary German science, then we shall do without science for a few years This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1559705647
• ISBN13: 9781559705646
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: Arcade Pub
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Simply written...and simply excellent

This book is...simply excellent ! It gives a background (nothing heavy) about the history of science (with a bit of a focus on the Nobel Prize, arguably the Holy Grail of academic science; though many recipients - perhaps more in the past than now - weren't really seeking it); it tells of Germany's dominance in science before WW2 (and gives a refreshing view of pre-Nazi Germany as a country that was quite progressive in very many ways)...and it tells how Germany threw away its academia in order to pursue a New Order or whatever it was. All this is largely covered in the early part of the book. The rest of the book gives a brief biography of selected scientists that contributed so much to modern Knowledge and tells what happened to them or how they escaped or otherwise dealt with Naziism and/or the war. IT is VERY readable. No scientific jargon; it is concise and completely for the non-scientific reader. The book can be read by most in a few days by reading in the evening. I'm impressed by this work, its scholarship and its way of proomoting (unintentionally) science as a worthwhile endeavor. Buy it, borrow it, or whatever....but READ it !

XX Century Science and the men who made it happen....

This book summarizes the life, adventures and discoveries of some of the best brains in the first half of the XX century. An additional benefit of this book is providing an overview of several scientific discoveries and part of the relationship that they have between them. It introduces information on some major scientific achievements that are worth to be known. I would rewrite the title. Better forget Hitler's name, he is not so important.

A Fascinating Story!

Althought at times this book drags, it is a fascinating read. The authors do not peach about Hitler's Germany; they just tell it like it was. Often times, the author's will repeat themselves, but I believe that is because you don't have to read this book cover to cover in order.What a concept...If Hitler had not expelled Jewish scientists and non-Jews who did not support him, the US and Britan would not be the political leaders they now are.