Book ID: CBB001020022

Heisenberg in the Atomic Age: Science and the Public Sphere (2010)

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Carson, Cathryn L. (Author)


Cambridge University Press


Publication Date: 2010
Physical Details: xvi + 541 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

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Authors & Contributors
Cassidy, David C.
Baggott, Jim
Ball, Philip
Bernstein, Jeremy
Crawford, Elisabeth T.
Dai, Nianzu
Journals
Physics in Perspective
Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology
Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte
Chinese Journal for the History of Science and Technology
Publishers
University of Chicago Press
Bellevue Literary Press
Enigma
GNT
Nuée Bleue
Office for History of Science and Technology, University of California
Concepts
Nuclear weapons; atomic weapons
Science and war; science and the military
Atomic, nuclear, and particle physics
Physics
Science and politics
National Socialism
People
Heisenberg, Werner
Bohr, Niels Henrik David
Chiang, Kai-shek
Debye, Peter Joseph William
Hitler, Adolf
Landau, Lev Davidovich
Time Periods
20th century
20th century, early
19th century
21st century
Places
Germany
Soviet Union
United States
Great Britain
China
France
Institutions
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Chemie
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Physik, Berlin
Université de Strasbourg
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