Article ID: CBB000740767

Otto Hahn: Responsibility and Repression (2006)

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The role that Otto Hahn (1879--1968) played in the discovery of nuclear fission and whether Lise Meitner (1878--1968) should have shared the Nobel Prize for that discovery have been subjects of earlier studies, but there is more to the story. I examine what Hahn and the scientists in his Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Chemistry in Berlin-Dahlem did during the Third Reich, in particular, the significant contributions they made to the German uranium project during the Second World War. I then use this as a basis for judging Hahn's postwar apologia as the last president of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society and first president of its successor, the Max Planck Society.

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Authors & Contributors
Sime, Ruth Lewin
Kant, Horst
Artin, Tom
Santos, Gildo Magalhães
Yruma, Jeris Stueland
Trömel, Martin
Concepts
Atomic, nuclear, and particle physics
Physics
Nuclear fission
Chemistry
Science and politics
National Socialism
Time Periods
20th century, early
20th century
20th century, late
19th century
Places
Germany
Italy
England
United States
Institutions
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Chemie
Technische Hochschule Aachen
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Physik, Berlin
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Interessengemeinschaft Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft
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