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This chapter discusses Kurt Mendelssohn’s books. He wrote a total of 7 books on a variety of subjects. In addition to In China Now (discussed in Chapter 8) and The Riddle of the Pyramids (discussed in Chapter 10). He wrote What is Atomic Energy, Cryophysics, The Quest for Absolute Zero (still one of the best histories of cryogenics), The World of Walter Nernst and Science and Western Civilization. All of the books are designed to be read by non-specialists and included engaging text with innovative graphics. These books demonstrate the range of Kurt Mendelssohn’s curiosity and his interest in explaining what he had learned.
“No apology is made for the choice of subject”
K. Mendelssohn, Cryophysics (1960)
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David Shoenberg wrote Mendelssohn’s official Biographical Memoir for the Royal Society.
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Today (2020) in the case of China at least, this appears to be true.
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K. Mendelssohn, What is Atomic Energy?, (Interscience Publishers 1946).
K. Mendelssohn, Cryophysics, (Interscience Publishers 1960).
The Isis, November 23, 1966.
Science, Vol. 155, No. 3768 (1967).
K. Mendelssohn Papers, Bodleian Library, University of Oxford.
K. Mendelssohn, The Quest for Absolute Zero, (Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1966)
K. Mendelssohn, The World of Walter Nernst, (University of Pittsburg Press 1973).
K, Mendelssohn, Science and Western Domination, (Thames and Hud son, 1976).
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Weisend, J.G., Meaden, G.T. (2021). Writings. In: Going for Cold. Springer Biographies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-61199-6_9
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