Heisenberg and the Nazi atomic bomb project
a study in German culture
by Paul Lawrence Rose
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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.
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Politics and government, Atomic bomb, Physicists, Political activity, History, Views on atomic bomb, National-socialisme et sciences, Natuurkundigen, Physics, Kernwapens, Histoire, Physiciens, Nuclear Warfare, Politique et gouvernement, Activite politique, Bombe atomique, Nationaal-socialisme, Germany, politics and government, 1933-1945, Activité politique, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING, Military Science, Military, Other, Physics - General, Physical Sciences & Mathematics, The atomic bombPlaces
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Heisenberg and the Nazi atomic bomb project: a study in German culture
1998, University of California Press
in English
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-345) and index.
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