The German Physical Society in the Third Reich: Physicists Between Autonomy and Accommodation

ISBN-13: 9781107006843 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 482 str.

Dieter Hoffmann

Opis

This book details the effects of the Nazi regime on the German Physical Society.

Recenzje

'This fine volume explores in detail for the first time in English the role of the German Physical Society from the Nazi takeover of power in 1933 into the early postwar years, and includes comparisons with chemical and mathematical societies. The book is an important contribution to the ongoing discussion of the possibility as well as the costs of the relative autonomy of science in dictatorships, and also to our understanding of the institutional and cultural reconstruction of the sciences in West Germany after 1945.' Mitchell G. Ash, University of Vienna

Spis treści

Foreword Eberhard Umbach; 1. The German Physical Society under National Socialism in context Mark Walker; 2. Boundaries and authority in the physics community in the Third Reich Richard H. Beyler; 3. Marginalization and expulsion of physicists under National Socialism: what was the German Physical Society's role? Stefan L. Wolff; 4. The German Physical Society and Aryan physics Michael Eckert; 5. The Ramsauer era and self-mobilization of the German Physical Society Dieter Hoffmann; 6. The Planck medal Richard H. Beyler, Michael Eckert and Dieter Hoffmann; 7. The German Physical Society and research Gerhard Simonsohn; 8. The German Mathematicians Association during the Third Reich: professional policy within the web of National Socialist ideology Volker Remmert; 9. 'To the Duce, the Tenno, and our Führer: a threefold Seig Heil': The German Chemical Society and the Association of German Chemists during the Nazi era Ute Deichmann; 10. Distrust, bitterness, and sentimentality: on the mentality of German physicists in the immediate postwar period Klaus Hentschel; 11. Cleanliness among our circle of colleagues: the German Physical Society's policy toward its past Gerhard Rammer.