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Author : Cathryn Carson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 541 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Physics
ISBN : OCLC:1330344750
Author : Cathryn Carson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 559 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2010-01-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780521821704
The end of the Second World War opened a new era for science in public life. Heisenberg in the Atomic Age explores the transformations of science's public presence in the postwar Federal Republic of Germany. It shows how Heisenberg's philosophical commentaries, circulating in the mass media, secured his role as science's public philosopher, and it reflects on his policy engagements and public political stands, which helped redefine the relationship between science and the state. With deep archival grounding, the book tracks Heisenberg's interactions with intellectuals from Heidegger to Habermas and political leaders from Adenauer to Brandt. It also traces his evolving statements about his wartime research on nuclear fission for the National Socialist regime. Working between the history of science and German history, the book's central theme is the place of scientific rationality in public life - after the atomic bomb, in the wake of the Third Reich.
Author : Paul Lawrence Rose
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2023-11-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520927162
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 he should design 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.
Author : W. Heisenberg
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2019-05-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781504058728
The Nobel Prize–winning physicist offers a fascinating popular introduction to nuclear physics from early atomic theory to its transformative applications. Theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg is famous for developing the uncertainty principle, which bears his name, and for his pioneering work in quantum mechanics. A central figure in the development of the atomic bomb and a close colleague of Albert Einstein, Heisenberg wrote Nuclear Physics “for readers who, while interested in natural sciences, have no previous training in theoretical physics.” Compiled from a series of his lectures on the subject, Heisenberg begins with a short history of atomic physics before delving into the nature of nuclear forces and reactions, the tools of nuclear physics, and its world-changing technical and practical applications. Nuclear Physics is an ideal book for general readers interested in learning about some of the most significant scientific breakthroughs of the twentieth century.
Author : Joseph J. Ermenc
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015017993562
Author : Thomas Powers
Publisher : Alfred A. Knopf
Page : 650 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015040141494
In this "superbly researched and well-written book" (Time), Powers concludes that Werner Heisenberg, the leading figure in the German atomic effort, consciously obstructed the development of the bomb and in a famous 1941 meeting in Copenhagen sought to dissuade the Allies from their pursuit of the bomb. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
Author : Malcolm MacPherson
Publisher : Dutton Adult
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UCAL:B5110163
Author : David C. Cassidy
Publisher : W. H. Freeman
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1993-08-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0716725037
Werner Heisenberg's genius and his place at the forefront of modern physics are unquestioned. His decision to remain in Germany throughout the Third Reich and his role in Hitler's atomic bomb project are still topics of heated debate. UNCERTAINTY is David Cassidy's compelling portrait of this brilliant, ambitious, and controversial scientist. It is the definitive Heisenberg biography, as well as a striking evocation of the development of quantum physics, the rise of Nazism, and the dawn of the atomic age.
Author : Alwyn McKay,Herbert Alwyn Cochrane McKay
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015004472166
Author : Albert Einstein,Max Planck,W. Heisenberg
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2019-04-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781504058681
These three works by Nobel Prize–winning physicists offer an enlightening window into the scientific minds that changed the twentieth century. With their discoveries and formulations, Albert Einstein, Max Planck, and Werner Heisenberg ushered the world into the Nuclear Age. As colleagues, they often corresponded, sharing insights and championing each other’s work. In the three volumes collected here, they discuss their thoughts about life, science, politics, and how they approached their revolutionary work. Out of My Later Years by Albert Einstein: Perhaps the most celebrated scientist of the twentieth century, Albert Einstein was also a philosopher and outspoken humanitarian. Collected here are some of his most insightful essays, articles, letters, and speeches written between 1934 and 1950. Accessible and fascinating, these works reflect the broad sweep of Einstein’s intellectual concerns, from scientific inquiry to Jewish identity; and from global politics to the great minds he knew and admired. Scientific Autobiography by Max Planck: The founder of quantum theory, Max Planck revolutionized our understanding of atomic and subatomic behavior. Born in Germany in 1858, he lived a long and eventful life at the center of both scientific advancement and global events. From the childhood epiphany that inspired him to pursue a life in science, to the great discoveries he made amidst terrifying political turmoil, Planck tells his story in this illuminating autobiography. Nuclear Physics by W. Heisenberg: Werner Heisenberg is famous for developing the uncertainty principle, which bears his name, and for his pioneering work in quantum mechanics. In Nuclear Physics, he offers an accessible introduction to the subject based on his own lectures. Beginning with a short history of atomic physics, he delves into the nature of nuclear forces and reactions, the tools of nuclear physics, and its world-changing technical and practical applications.
Author : Paul Lawrence Rose
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520229266
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.
Author : David C. Cassidy
Publisher : Bellevue Literary Press
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2010-04-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781934137321
"Exhaustively detailed yet eminently readable, this is an important book."Publishers Weekly, starred review "Cassidy does not so much exculpate Heisenberg as explain him, with a transparency that makes this biography a pleasure to read."Los Angeles Times "Well crafted and readable . . . [Cassidy] provides a nuanced and compelling account of Heisenberg's life."The Harvard Book Review In 1992, David C. Cassidy’s groundbreaking biography of Werner Heisenberg, Uncertainty, was published to resounding acclaim from scholars and critics. Michael Frayn, in the Playbill of the Broadway production of Copenhagen, referred to it as one of his main sources and “the standard work in English.” Richard Rhodes (The Making of the Atom Bomb) called it “the definitive biography of a great and tragic physicist,” and the Los Angeles Times praised it as “an important book. Cassidy has sifted the record and brilliantly detailed Heisenberg’s actions.” No book that has appeared since has rivaled Uncertainty, now out of print, for its depth and rich detail of the life, times, and science of this brilliant and controversial figure of twentieth-century physics. Since the fall of the Soviet Union, long-suppressed information has emerged on Heisenberg’s role in the Nazi atomic bomb project. In Beyond Uncertainty, Cassidy interprets this and other previously unknown material within the context of his vast research and tackles the vexing questions of a scientist’s personal responsibility and guilt when serving an abhorrent military regime. David C. Cassidy is the author of J. Robert Oppenheimer and the American Century, Einstein and Our World, and Uncertainty.
Author : Armin Hermann
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Atoms
ISBN : UOM:39015049312518
Author : Glenn Theodore Seaborg,Eric Seaborg
Publisher : Farrar Straus & Giroux
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0374299919
The renowned physicist describes his Nobel Prize-winning career, his work with the Manhattan Project, his discovery of the element that makes atomic bombs explode, and his term as chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission.
Author : Walter M. Elsasser
Publisher : Institute of Physics Publishing (GB)
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : STANFORD:36105003833980
This is the autobiography of Walter Maurice Elsasser (1904-1991), a Johns Hopkins University geophysicist who won a National Medal of Science in 1987 for his research in planetary magnetism, the movement of the earth's crust and other fields. A refugee from Nazi Germany, he came to the United States in 1936. He taught and did research at various institutions, joining the Johns Hopkins faculty in 1975. He is one of the first to recognize that fluid motions within the earth's iron core arising from its cooling might be responsible for the earth's magnetic field. He is also known for work in quantum physics, theory of radioactive nuclei, theoretical biology, logical classes in mathematical biology and systems biology.
