Book ID: CBB000800093

Faust in Copenhagen: A Struggle for the Soul of Physics (2007)

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Segrè, Gino (Author)


Viking


Publication Date: 2007
Physical Details: x + 310 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

Description An account of the April 1932 meeting of about 40 nuclear physicists at Bohr's Copenhagen Institute for their annual discussion of the frontiers of physics.


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Authors & Contributors
Schwarz, Stephan
Jo-Ansie van Wyk
Pudłocki, Tomasz
Zangwill, Andrew
Yao, Licheng
Wellerstein, Alex
Concepts
Science and war; science and the military
Physics
Atomic, nuclear, and particle physics
Science and politics
Nuclear weapons; atomic weapons
Congresses, conferences, and meetings
Time Periods
20th century, early
20th century
20th century, late
19th century
21st century
Places
United States
Germany
Denmark
Canada
Madrid (Spain)
England
Institutions
Niels Bohr Institutet, Copenhagen
Carnegie Institute of Technology
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Chemie
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