Heisenberg and the Nazi Atomic Bomb Project, 1939-1945 - A Study in German Culture

Informationen zum Autor Paul Lawrence Rose is Mitrani Professor of Jewish Studies and European History at Pennsylvania State University. His recent books include Wagner: Race and Revolution (1992) and German Question/Jewish Question (1990). Klappentext This is the first book to expose! with full documentation! Heisenberg's fundamental misunderstanding of the atomic bomb and! at the same time! to dissect the layers of deception that made possible his collusion with the Nazi regime. Zusammenfassung Werner Heisenberg's task was to build an atomic bomb for Nazi Germany. What precisely did Heisenberg know about the physics of the atomic bomb? How deep was his loyalty to the German government during the Third Reich? Assuming that he had been able to build a bomb, would he have been willing? This book answers these questions.

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• Authors: Paul Lawrence Rose, Rose Paul Lawrence
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.01.2002
• EAN: 9780520229266
• ISBN: 978-0-520-22926-6
• No. of pages: 391
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Astronomy: general, reference works; HISTORY / Europe / Germany, History: specific events & topics, European History, Biography: general, Germany, SCIENCE / History, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, SCIENCE / Physics / Atomic & Molecular, HISTORY / Military / Nuclear Warfare, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, History of Science, History: specific events and topics, Nuclear weapons, Atomic & molecular physics, Biography: philosophy and social sciences, Atomic and Molecular Physics