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- ISBN
- 9780520229266
- Subject Area
- Biography & Autobiography, History
- Publication Name
- Heisenberg and the Nazi Atomic Bomb Project, 1939-1945 :A Study in German Culture
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Item Length
- 0.9 in
- Subject
- Military / Nuclear Warfare, Europe / General, Science & Technology
- Publication Year
- 2002
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.1 in
- Item Weight
- 17.6 Oz
- Item Width
- 0.6 in
- Number of Pages
- 391 Pages
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No one better represents the plight and the conduct of German intellectuals under Hitler than Werner Heisenberg, whose task it was to build an atomic bomb for Nazi Germany. The controversy surrounding Heisenberg still rages, because of the nature of his work and the regime for which it was undertaken. 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? These questions, the moral and the scientific, are answered by Paul Lawrence Rose with greater accuracy and breadth of documentation than any other historian has yet achieved. Digging deep into the archival record among formerly secret technical reports, Rose establishes that Heisenberg never overcame certain misconceptions about nuclear fission, and as a result the German leaders never pushed for atomic weapons. In fact, Heisenberg never had to face the moral problem of whether heshoulddesign a bomb for the Nazi regime. Only when he and his colleagues were interned in England and heard about Hiroshima did Heisenberg realize that his calculations were wrong. He began at once to construct an image of himself as a "pure" scientist who could have built a bomb but chose to work on reactor design instead. This was fiction, as Rose demonstrates: in reality, Heisenberg blindly supported and justified the cause of German victory. The question of why he did, and why he misrepresented himself afterwards, is answered through Rose's subtle analysis of German mentality and the scientists' problems of delusion and self-delusion. This fascinating study is a profound effort to understand one of the twentieth century's great enigmas.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of California Press
ISBN-10
0520229266
ISBN-13
9780520229266
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1956146
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
391 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Heisenberg and the Nazi Atomic Bomb Project, 1939-1945 :A Study in German Culture
Publication Year
2002
Subject
Military / Nuclear Warfare, Europe / General, Science & Technology
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.1 in
Item Weight
17.6 Oz
Item Length
0.9 in
Item Width
0.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
97-018143
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
355.8/25119/092
Lc Classification Number
97-18143
Copyright Date
1998
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