Serving the Reich: The Struggle for the Soul of Physics Under Hitler

by Philip Ball

Book Overview

The compelling story of leading physicists in Germany--including Peter Debye, Max Planck, and Werner Heisenberg--and how they accommodated themselves to working within the Nazi state in the 1930s and '40s.

After World War II, most scientists in Germany maintained that they had been apolitical or actively resisted the Nazi regime, but the true story is much more complicated. In Serving the Reich, Philip Ball takes a fresh look...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022620457X
• ISBN13: 9780226204574
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.2"