Hitler’s Gift: The True Story of the Scientists Expelled by the Nazi Regime

Abstract

1st U.S. ed. Profiles the Jewish scientists who fled Nazi Germany after Hitler's rise to power, assessing the role they played during World War II and in the evolution of twentieth-century science and technology. German science before Hitler -- The coming of the Nazis -- Einstein -- Rescuers -- Refugees to Britain--physicists -- Refugees to Britain--biologists and chemists -- Refugees to the United States -- Those who stayed -- Internment -- The bomb.