Scientific research in World War II:what scientists did in the war

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Museum Boerhaave
Group Author: Hooijmaijers Hans; Maas Ad 1970-
Published: Routledge,
Publisher Address: London New York
Publication Dates: c2009.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Routledge studies in modern history ; 7
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Carrier Form: xii, 240 p.: ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 9780710313409 (hbk.)
0710313403 (hbk.)
Index Number: G321
CLC: G321.952-532
Call Number: G321.952-532/S416/2007
Contents: "This book is the result of the Scientific Research in World War II conference ... organized by Museum Boerhaave ... on 25 and 26 January 2007"--P. [1].
"Distinctive features of the volume include: ... a detailed study of The Netherlands during the German Occupation"--P. [i].
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : Ordinary scientists in extraordinary circumstances / Ad Maas -- The mobilization of science and science-based technology during the Second World War : a comparative history / Mark Walker -- To work or not to work in war research? : the case of the Italian physicist G.P.S. Occhialini during World War II / Leonardo Gariboldi -- Scientific research in the Second World War : the case for Bacinol, Dutch penicillin / Marlene Burns -- Preventing theft : the Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratory in wartime / Dirk van Delft -- Electron microscopy in Second World War Delft / Marian Fournier -- 'S