''Hitler's Scientists'' is a book by John Cornwell describing scientific life in Germany in the buildup to, during, and after

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

. Detailed is the discrimination and persecution of scientists' groups marginalized by

Nazi Germany Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...

—such as the Jews, the failed development of a nuclear weapon, the development of rocket technology, and the human experiments performed during World War II. ''

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'' review called the book a "timely and important study". ''

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'' described it as "a gripping study in moral complexity," though "This is a lot of ground to cover in a single book, and it is sometimes hard to keep in focus its sheer range of vivid material." Stanley Hoffman gave a poor review in ''

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'', calling it "not a satisfactory book", stating that, "Moral issues are not examined in depth, and Cornwell offers only a glimpse of the diversity of scientists' motives for cooperating with a murderous regime.

References

2003 non-fiction books Books about Nazism Viking Press books {{Nazi-book-stub