Heisenberg and the Nazi atomic bomb project : a study in German culture /

Heisenberg and the Nazi atomic bomb project : a study in German culture /

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Author / Creator:Rose, Paul Lawrence.
Imprint:Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, ©1998.
Description:1 online resource (xx, 352 pages) : portrait
Language:English
Subject:
Heisenberg, Werner, -- 1901-1976 -- Views on atomic bomb.
Heisenberg, Werner, -- 1901-1976
Physicists -- Political activity.
Atomic bomb -- Germany -- History.
Nuclear Warfare -- history.
Physics -- history.
Atomic bomb.
Physicists -- Political activity.
Politics and government
Germany -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945.
Germany.
History.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11112338
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ISBN:9780520927162
0520927168
0585321906
9780585321905
0520210778
9780520210776
0520210778
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-345) and index.
English.
Print version record.
Summary:Digging deep into the archival record among formerly secret technical reports, Rose examines early thinking about the atomic bomb not only on the German side but also among Allied scientists. He finds that the early history of fission bomb physics had no shortage of false starts and fumbles in both camps. But, whereas the Allied physicists' ideas crystallized into a realistic prospect for a bomb toward the end of 1940. Heisenberg's basic misconceptions persisted, influencing the German leaders not to push for atomic weapons. In fact, Heisenberg never had to face the moral problem of whether he should design an actual bomb for the Nazi regime. Rose's exploration of the German mentality that made it quite reasonable for "unpolitical" scientists to support the regime in power, whatever its form, shows the extent to which Heisenberg and others could devote themselves to research they regarded as patriotic.
Other form:Print version: Rose, Paul Lawrence. Heisenberg and the Nazi atomic bomb project. Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, ©1998 0520210778
Standard no.:9780520210776

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