Science as reparations
DEC 01, 1948
Science and the scientists of defeated nations, lately regarded as prizes of war, are also involved in the struggle between East and West now going on in Germany. Developments in the reparations of science and technology are discussed by the former Special Advisor to the Secretary of State on Reparations.
DOI: 10.1063/1.3066263
The wars of the latter half of the nineteenth century served to establish scientists as essential subalterns of the generals and admirals in the successful prosecution of large scale conflict. By the end of World War I, scientists had gained a place in the inner sancta. World War II, of course, saw science enthroned and even exalted, a mystery through whose wonders victory could be achieved.
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Julius C. C. Edelstein, City University of New York.
© 1948 American Institute of Physics
