The quantum exodus : Jewish fugitives, the atomic bomb, and the Holocaust / by Gordon Fraser.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fraser, Gordon, 1943- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Atomic bomb--Design and construction--History.

Atomic bomb.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Germany--Influence.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

Jewish scientists--Germany--History.

Jewish scientists.

World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Germany--Political aspects.

World War, 1939-1945.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (284 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, photographs

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, [England] : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Summary:

When the Nazis came to power in 1933, they immediately expelled Jewish academics, unwittingly changing the power balance of world science. When war came, these scientific refugees raced to engineer the atomic bomb, to prevent Nazi Germany getting there first.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

List of illustrations

1. Neutrons and Nazis

2. The rise of German science

3. Cultural cleansing

4. Emblematic emigrants

5. The fall of German science

6. Plagues

7. Abide with me

8. Fission mission

9. Gathering nuclear fuel

10. For in much wisdom is much grief

11. Science and anxiety

Epilogue: Europe redux

Appendix 1: A list of emigrant scientists

Appendix 2: Sources and bibliography

Acknowledgements

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Z.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0191626961

9780191626968

OCLC:

960164372