Between 1901 and 1932, Germany won a third of all the Nobel prizes for science. With Hitler's rise to power and the introduction of racial laws, starting with the exclusion of all Jews from state institutions, Jewish professors were forced to leave their jobs. Almost immediately an organization was set up in the U.K. to receive these professors, fund them, and assign them to local or American universities where they could continue their research. The full line-up of the 1,500 refugees reads like a who's who of twentieth ...
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Between 1901 and 1932, Germany won a third of all the Nobel prizes for science. With Hitler's rise to power and the introduction of racial laws, starting with the exclusion of all Jews from state institutions, Jewish professors were forced to leave their jobs. Almost immediately an organization was set up in the U.K. to receive these professors, fund them, and assign them to local or American universities where they could continue their research. The full line-up of the 1,500 refugees reads like a who's who of twentieth century science. They helped turn the tide of World War II in the Allies' favor, and 15 went on to win the Nobel Prize. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about World War II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his henchmen, the JFK assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil War, the American Revolution, gladiators, Vikings, ancient Rome, medieval times, the old West, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
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New in fine dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 268 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. 1st edition 2001 with DJ. Book is NEW. DJ shows minimal wear
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Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used textbooks may not include companion materials such as access codes, etc. May have some wear or writing/highlighting. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!
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Very good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!
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Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 9.5 X 6.3 X 1.1 inches VERY GOOD CONDITION IN VERY GOOD UNCLIPT(S25.95) DUST JACKET, clean, solid, bright; Gold titles on dark brown spine strip. Black hard covers. dark grey endpapers. DJ wraparound cover shows large group of men & 1 woman who are described in this book. Inner DJ flap has 1x2" photo of author Jean M.; 288 pages; talented Jewish scientists who fled Nazi Germany after Hitler's rise to power and assesses the seminal role these scientists played in turning the tide of World War II to the Allies favor and in transforming the evolution of twentieth-century science and technology.
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Very Good. 8vo. xx, 268pp, index, notes, bibliography, appendices. Pictorial card. Near new. The exodus of mostly Jewish scientists from Hitler's Germany and Austria ended that country's fifty year supremacy in science. The Reich's losses included many of the leading physicists who later became the driving force behind the atomic bomb project. Of 1500 scientist refugees, fifteen went on to win Nobel Prizes. Includes many individual stories of emigration, rescue and escape including Einstein, Haber, Szilard among many. The dilmmas of those who stayed behind are equally dramatic-Max Planck, Werner Heisenberg, Max von Laue etc.