Heisenberg and the Nazi Atomic Bomb Project: A Study in German Culture

by Paul Lawrence Rose

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520229266
• ISBN13: 9780520229266
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 391 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.7"