Jews who fled Nazis revolutionized US science, Stanford economist says
Tuesday, August 12, 2014 - 05:30
in Mathematics & Economics
U.S. patents increased by 31 percent in fields common among Jewish scientists who fled Nazi Germany for America, according to Stanford economist Petra Moser. Their innovative influence rippled outward for generations, as the émigrés attracted new researchers who then trained other up-and-comers.