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03423cam a22004454a 4500 001 06A9EC742B0C11DE82774608A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20161116010312 008 030701s2003 nyua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2003057650 020 $a 9780670893621 020 $a 0670893625 020 $a 9780670030750 (acid-free paper) 020 $a 0670030759 (acid-free paper) 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d NOG $d EPL $d OMP $d GZM $d UNA $d EQO $d IGR $d VPI $d IBS $d UKM $d BAKER $d NLGGC $d CRH $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d IWV $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-gx--- 050 00 $a Q127.G3 $b C67 2003 082 00 $a 509.43/09/04 $2 22 084 $a 15.70 $2 bcl 084 $a 02.10 $2 bcl 100 1 $a Cornwell, John, $d 1940- 245 1 $a Hitler's scientists : $b science, war, and the devil's pact / $c John Cornwell. 260 $a New York : $b Viking, $c 2003. 300 $a xvi, 535 p. : $b ill. ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. [501]-512) and index. 505 0 $a Introduction : understanding the Germans -- pt. 1. Hitler's scientific inheritance -- 1. Hitler the scientist -- 2. Germany the science mecca -- 3. Fritz Haber -- 4. The poison gas scientists -- 5. The 'science' of racial hygiene -- 6. Eugenics and psychiatry -- pt. 2. The new physics, 1918-1933 -- 7. Physics after the first war -- 8. German science survives -- pt. 3. Nazi enthusiasm, compliance and oppression, 1933-1939 -- 9. The dismissals -- 10. Engineers and rocketeers -- 11. Medicine under Hitler -- 12. The cancer campaign -- 13. Geopolitik and Lebensraum -- 14. Nazi physics -- 15. Himmler's pseudo-science -- 16. Deutsche Mathematik -- pt. 4. The science of destruction and defence, 1933-1943 -- 17. Fission mania -- 18. World War II -- 19. Machines of war -- 20. Radar -- 21. Codes -- pt. 5. The Nazi atomic bomb, 1941-1945 -- 22. Copenhagen -- 23. Speer and Heisenberg -- 24. Haigerloch and Los Alamos -- pt. 6. Science in hell, 1942-1945 -- 25. Slave labour at Dora -- 26. The 'science' of extermination and human experiment -- 27. The devil's chemists -- 28. Wonder weapons -- pt. 7. In Hitler's shadow -- 29. Farm Hall -- 30. Heroes, villains and fellow travellers -- 31. Scientific plunder -- pt. 8. Science from the Cold War to the war on terrorism -- 32. Nuclear postures -- 33. Uniquely Nazi? -- 34. Science at war again. 520 $a In Hitler's Scientists, British historian John Cornwell explores German scientific genius in the first half of the twentieth century and shows how Germany's early lead in the new physics led to the discovery of atomic fission, which in turn led the way to the atom bomb, and how the ideas of Darwinism were hijacked to create the lethal doctrine of racial cleansing. 650 0 $a Science and state $z Germany $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Science $z Germany. 650 17 $a Wetenschapsbeoefenaars. $2 gtt 650 17 $a Nationaal-socialisten. $2 gtt 650 17 $a Tweede Wereldoorlog. $2 gtt 856 42 $3 Contributor biographical information $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0719/2003057650-b.html 856 42 $3 Publisher description $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0719/2003057650-d.html 856 42 $3 Book review (H-Net) $u http://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0f1c5-aa 941 $a 1 952 $l WHPE115 $d 20090701080000.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=06A9EC742B0C11DE82774608A8D7520A 994 $a 02 $b IWVInitiate Another SILO Locator Search