The Mental Aftermath : the Mentality of German Physicists 1945-1949.
The perplexing behaviour of even morally acclaimed German physicists toward the Allied occupiers after WWII is examined. Their public and private statements are examined and may shed light on the prickly issue of the proper comportment of victor nations. - ;Few scientific communities have been more...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Translated from the German. |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press, UK,
2007.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | The perplexing behaviour of even morally acclaimed German physicists toward the Allied occupiers after WWII is examined. Their public and private statements are examined and may shed light on the prickly issue of the proper comportment of victor nations. - ;Few scientific communities have been more thoroughly studied than 20th-century German physicists. Yet their behaviour and patterns of thinking immediately after the war remains puzzling. During the first five post war years they suspended their internecine battles and a strange solidarity emerged. Former enemies were suddenly willing to exo. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (212 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191525612 0191525618 9780199205660 0199205663 |