As historians of science and technology point out, technological and scientific developments cannot be separated from their cultural contexts.
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The Conversation,
Fortune,
3 Apr. 2026
And historians can talk about the Versailles treaty causing resentment in Germany, which led to the rise of Nazism in World War II, and that’s fine; that’s not excusing.
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