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Serving the Reich: The Struggle for the Soul of Physics under Hitler

Philip Ball

"[This book] .. tells the story of physics under Hitler. 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. Among them were three world-renowned physicists : Max Planck,....Peter Debye,... Werner Heisenberg..."-- Book jacket.

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Award History

0 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Royal Society Science Book PrizeMajor2014ShortlistSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

    These suggestions did not meet the normal display threshold and are more likely to be wrong.

    • Max Planck62%
    • Peter Debye58%
    • Werner Heisenberg58%

  2. 02 Central places

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    No argument inferred with sufficient confidence.

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    35 / 100 academic

    Serious trade

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 63%.