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CoveringthedramaticriseofGermanscienceinthenineteenthcentury,itspreeminenceintheearlytwentieth,andthefrighteningdevelopmentsthatledtoitscollapsein1945,thisisthecompellingstoryofGermanscientistsunderHitler’sregime.Weavingthehistoryofscienceandtechnologywiththefortunesofwarandthestoriesofmenandwomenwhosediscoveriesbroughtbothbenefitsanddestructiontotheworld,Hitler’sScientistsraisesquestionsthatarestillurgenttoday.Assciencebecomesembroiledinnewgenerationsofweaponsofmassdestructionandthewaragainstterrorism,asadvancesinbiotechnologyoutstriptraditionalethics,thispowerfulaccountofNaziscienceformsacrucialcommentaryontheethicalroleofscience.