Heisenberg and the Nazi Atomic Bomb Project, 1939-1945
Subtitle: A Study in German Culture
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: October 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 391
ISBN-13: 9780520229266
Subjects: Atomic & molecular physics; Biography: general; European history: from c 1900 -; History of science; History of specific subjects; Nuclear weapons; History: World; History; History - Military / War; Germany; Europe - Germany; Military - Nuclear Warfare; Modern - 20th Century/Nuclear Age; History / General
First sentence: The claim of Heisenberg and others that he had understood completely the principle of an atomic bomb from early on in the war is rooted in the rather fortunate ambiguity and vagueness of the wartime papers he prepared for the German uranium project.