The German Genius  -  Peter Watson

Europe's Third Renaissance, the Second Scientific Revolution, and the Twentieth Century

KORTE INHOUD

From the end of the Baroque era and the death of Bach to the rise of Hitler, Germany was transformed from a poor relation among Western nations into a dominant intellectual and cultural force. By 1933, Germans had won more Nobel Prizes than the British and Americans combined. Yet this remarkable genius was cut down in its prime by Adolf Hitler and his disastrous Third Reich—a brutal legacy that has overshadowed the nation’s achievements ever since.
In this absorbing cultural and intellectual history, Peter W...
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2011 Uitgever: Harper Perennial 992 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0060760230 ISBN-13: 9780060760236