Serving the Reich

The Struggle for the Soul of Physics under Hitler

Philip Ball

2013 • 303 pages

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While some scientists tried to create an Aryan physics that excluded any 'Jewish ideas', many others made compromises and concessions as they continued to work under the Nazi regime. This book tells the story of physics under Hitler.

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There are some very big questions raised here regarding the ethics of science, and they're intertwined with some very personal decisions at the individual level. The stories of Debye, Meitner, and Heisenberg were all very interesting and each was different.

April 20, 2016