In twentieth-century Germany, Karl-Friedrich Bonhoeffer rose to prominence as a brilliant physical chemist, even as several of his relatives—Dietrich Bonhoeffer among them—became involved in the resistance to Hitler, leading to their executions.
Kathleen L. Housley is the author of ten books. Her essays on what she calls the force fields between science, religion, and the arts have appeared in many publications, including Image, The Christian Century, and Metanexus.
1. Introduction.- 2. The Father's Scientific World.- 3. The First World War.- 4. The Promise of Pure Science.- 5. Traveling with Polanyi.- 6. Turbulence and Conformity.- 7. Seizing the Wheel.- 8. The Beginning of Resistance.- 9. Heavy Water and the Atomic Bomb.- 10. The Summer of Decision.- 11. The Uranium Club.- 12. Steadfast to the End.- 13. Rebuilding the World.