Gordon Fraser (the late) was for many years the in-house editor at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, in Geneva. His books on popular science and scientists include Cosmic Anger, a biography of Abdus Salam, the first Muslim Nobel scientist, and Antimatter: The Ultimate Mirror. He is also the editor of The New Physics for the 21st Century and The Particle Century. After undergraduate studies at Imperial College, London, he went on to a PhD in theoretical particle physics, and has worked as a research scientist as well as a journalist. He lives in France.

A stimulating read, bringing forward some developments of the physics of the last 100 years in their political, cultural and historical context.

• 1. Neutrons and Nazis ; 2. The Rise of German Science ; 3. Cultural Cleansing ; 4. Emblematic Emigrants ; 5. The Fall of German Science ; 6. Plagues ; 7. Abide With Me ; 8. Fission Mission ; 9. Gathering Nuclear Fuel ; 10. For in Much Wisdom is Much Grief ; 11. Science and Anxiety ; 12. Epilogue - Europe redux ; Appendix, Bibliography and Acknowledgements

Gordon Fraser (the late) was for many years the in-house editor at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, in Geneva. His books on popular science and scientists include Cosmic Anger, a biography of Abdus Salam, the first Muslim Nobel scientist, and Antimatter: The Ultimate Mirror. He is also the editor of The New Physics for the 21st Century and The Particle Century. After undergraduate studies at Imperial College, London, he went on to a PhD in theoretical particle physics, and has worked as a research scientist as well as a journalist. He lives in France.

A stimulating read, bringing forward some developments of the physics of the last 100 years in their political, cultural and historical context.

• 1. Neutrons and Nazis ; 2. The Rise of German Science ; 3. Cultural Cleansing ; 4. Emblematic Emigrants ; 5. The Fall of German Science ; 6. Plagues ; 7. Abide With Me ; 8. Fission Mission ; 9. Gathering Nuclear Fuel ; 10. For in Much Wisdom is Much Grief ; 11. Science and Anxiety ; 12. Epilogue - Europe redux ; Appendix, Bibliography and Acknowledgements

Gordon Fraser (the late) was for many years the in-house editor at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, in Geneva. His books on popular science and scientists include Cosmic Anger, a biography of Abdus Salam, the first Muslim Nobel scientist, and Antimatter: The Ultimate Mirror. He is also the editor of The New Physics for the 21st Century and The Particle Century. After undergraduate studies at Imperial College, London, he went on to a PhD in theoretical particle physics, and has worked as a research scientist as well as a journalist. He lives in France.

A stimulating read, bringing forward some developments of the physics of the last 100 years in their political, cultural and historical context.

• 1. Neutrons and Nazis ; 2. The Rise of German Science ; 3. Cultural Cleansing ; 4. Emblematic Emigrants ; 5. The Fall of German Science ; 6. Plagues ; 7. Abide With Me ; 8. Fission Mission ; 9. Gathering Nuclear Fuel ; 10. For in Much Wisdom is Much Grief ; 11. Science and Anxiety ; 12. Epilogue - Europe redux ; Appendix, Bibliography and Acknowledgements