Summary of Jean Medawar & David Pyke's Hitler's Gift

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#1 The German empire was created in 1871, and soon after Wilhelm II dismissed Bismarck, the architect of Germany’s greatness. The Kaiser, who considered himself the leader of both civil and military life, had a respect for science and learning.

#2 Science entered a great age in Germany, with scientists as the new heroes. The research that led to Germany’s pioneering industrial production of synthetic dyes reaping commercial returns also brought biological and medical breakthroughs.

#3 In theoretical physics, Germany was the most innovative country, and its contributions included the revolutionary discoveries of the quantum theory and relativity.

#4 Germany had several scientific centers of excellence outside Berlin, such as Munich. The town-and-gown atmosphere was similar to that of Cambridge, and life revolved around the university in the city center.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jul 14, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822547674

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Insights on Jean Medawar & David Pyke's Hitlers Gift

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The German empire was created in 1871, and soon after Wilhelm II dismissed Bismarck, the architect of Germany’s greatness. The Kaiser, who considered himself the leader of both civil and military life, had a respect for science and learning.

#2

Science entered a great age in Germany, with scientists as the new heroes. The research that led to Germany’s pioneering industrial production of synthetic dyes reaping commercial returns also brought biological and medical breakthroughs.

#3

In theoretical physics, Germany was the most innovative country, and its contributions included the revolutionary discoveries of the quantum theory and relativity.

#4

Germany had several scientific centers of excellence outside Berlin, such as Munich. The town-and-gown atmosphere was similar to that of Cambridge, and life revolved around the university in the city center.

#5

The university of Göttingen was a center for theoretical physics, and it was there that the theory of quantum mechanics was developed. It was a time of hard but successful and delightful work for Max Born, Werner Heisenberg, and Pascual Jordan.

#6

The German scientists who won the Nobel Prize in the 1920s and 1930s were mainly Jewish. They had roots in German society, and they were confident of its stability. They did not consider their Jewish background to be racial, but rather religious.

#7

There was apparently a degree to which prejudice worked as an incentive to success for outstanding talent in Germany. The obstacles that anti-Semitism put in their way often had the opposite effect: it spurred Jews on to over-achievement.

#8

Otto Warburg, a biochemist, was the only Jewish scientist in Germany left unscathed during the Second World War. He had the dubious distinction of being the only Jewish scientist in Germany.

Insights from Chapter 2

#1

The First World War ended suddenly in 1918, and Germany’s defeat seemed inconceivable to its