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'Hitler's Atomic Bomb is a masterful account of the German nuclear program in history and mythology. Based on the latest research, Walker demonstrates that Nazi Germany never had the resources to build a bomb, but that possibility haunted and divided physicists long after the war.' Michael J. Neufeld, author of Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War 'In the most comprehensive history yet of the German wartime nuclear fission project, Mark Walker masterfully explores the origins of the project and its failure to achieve an atomic bomb; the scientists' difficulties and dilemmas encountered before, during and after the Third Reich; and the valuable lessons for us all.' David Cassidy, author of Beyond Uncertainty: Heisenberg, Quantum Physics, and the Bomb 'There's more to the story of Hitler's scientists than whether they knew how to build an atomic bomb. They navigated the politics of the Third Reich, kept working as their world collapsed, and later tried to rebuild their reputations. Mark Walker weighs in on this controversial history and offers a scathing portrait of science under National Socialism.' Jacob Darwin Hamblin, author of The Wretched Atom: America's Global Gamble with Peaceful Nuclear Technology

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Mark Walker is the John Bigelow Professor of History at Union College, Schenectady, New York. His research interests include twentieth-century science, particularly science and technology under National Socialism. Previous publications include The Kaiser Wilhelm Society during National Socialism (Cambridge, 2009), and The German Physical Society in the Third Reich: Physicists between Autonomy and Accomodation (Cambridge, 2012).

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