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Hitler's Gift
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, which closed the door on Germany’s fifty-year record of world supremacy in science. Of these more than 1,500 refugees, fifteen went on to win Nobel Prizes, several co-discovered penicillin—and more of them became the driving force behind the atomic bomb project. In this revelatory book, Jean Medawar and David Pyke tell countless gripping individual stories of emigration, rescue, and escape, including those of Albert Einstein, Fritz...
Hitler's Gift
'With material drawn from more than 20 surviving refungee scientists, this is an aweinspiring book.' The Sunday Telegraph'a fascinating account of the thousands of Jewish scientists who left Germany under the Nazis and enriched world science.' New Scientist
Summary of Jean Medawar & David Pyke's Hitler's Gift
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The German empire was created in 1871, and soon after Wilhelm II dismissed Bismarck, the architect of Germany’s greatness. The Kaiser, who considered himself the leader of both civil and military life, had a respect for science and learning. #2 Science entered a great age in Germany, with scientists as the new heroes. The research that led to Germany’s pioneering industrial production of synthetic dyes reaping commercial returns also brought biological and medical breakthroughs. #3 In theoretical physics, Germany was the most innovative country, and its contributions included the revolutionary discoveries of the quantum theory and relativity. #4 Germany had several scientific centers of excellence outside Berlin, such as Munich. The town-and-gown atmosphere was similar to that of Cambridge, and life revolved around the university in the city center.
The Strange Case of the Spotted Mice and Other Classic Essays on Science
Sir Peter Medawar wasn't only a Nobel prize-winning immunologist but also a writer about science and scientists. This entertaining selection presents the best of his writing, with a new foreword by Stephen Jay Gould, one of his greatest admirers.
Memoir of a Thinking Radish
"He's tart, tough-minded, terribly British...an imposing grand master of aphorism, argument and lightning-bolt one-liners," wrote Newsweek of Sir Peter Medawar, the Nobel Prize-winning immunologist and renowned author. In this incisive and witty memoir, Sir Peter describes his exceptional life -- his early days in Rio de Janiero, Oxford in the 1930s, the rewards and frustrations of his medical career, his musical education, his family, travels, and more. A delight to read, this highly personal account illuminates the life of one of the most engaging and impressive men of our time.
A History of Organ Transplantation
A History of Organ Transplantation is a comprehensive and ambitious exploration of transplant surgery—which, surprisingly, is one of the longest continuous medical endeavors in history. Moreover, no other medical enterprise has had so many multiple interactions with other fields, including biology, ethics, law, government, and technology. Exploring the medical, scientific, and surgical events that led to modern transplant techniques, Hamilton argues that progress in successful transplantation required a unique combination of multiple methods, bold surgical empiricism, and major immunological insights in order for surgeons to develop an understanding of the body's most complex and mysteriou...
Hitler's Gift
Would Hitler have won the war had he not "given" the Allies Germany's most talented scientists? This is the gripping & sobering story of some of the greatest scientists of our times who, forced to flee Nazism, sought refuge in Great Britain & the United States.
A History of the Royal College of Physicians of London
Volume 4 examines the way in which the Royal College of Physicians has adapted to far-reaching changes in medical knowledge, social attitudes and the organization of health. At the same time it illuminates the history of the NHS and examines controversial public issues such as smoking.
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