Scientific Research In World War II

<p>This book seeks to explore how scientists across a number of countries managed to cope with the challenging circumstances created by World War II. </p><p>No scientist remained unaffected by the outbreak of WWII. As the book shows there were basically two opposite ways in which the war encroached on the life of a scientific researcher. In some cases the outbreak of the war led to engagement in research in support of a war-waging country; in the other extreme it resulted in their marginalisation. The book starting with the most marginalised scientist and ending with those fully engaged in the war-effort covers the whole spectrum of enormously varying scientific fates. Distinctive features of the volume include:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>a focus on the experiences of ‘ordinary’ scientists rather than on figureheads like Oppenheimer or Otto Hahn</li> <p> </p> <li>contributions from a range of renowned academics including Mark Walker an authority in the field of science in World War II</li> <p> </p> <li>a detailed study of the Netherlands during the German Occupation</li> </ul><p>This richly illustrated volume will be of major interest to researchers of the history of science World War II and Modern History.</p>