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.
Dahn, Ryan
Wolff, Stefan L.
West, Nigel
Wellerstein, Alex
Wang, Shiping
Journals
Physics in Perspective
Chinese Journal for the History of Science and Technology
Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte
Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology
Publishers
University of Chicago Press
World Scientific
Viking
Steerforth Press
Springer-Verlag
Prometheus Books
Concepts
Science and war; science and the military
Nuclear weapons; atomic weapons
Atomic, nuclear, and particle physics
Physics
Science and politics
National Socialism
People
Heisenberg, Werner
Bohr, Niels Henrik David
Hahn, Otto (1879-1968)
Vavilov, Sergei Ivanovich
Weizsäcker, Carl Friedrich von
Teller, Edward
Time Periods
20th century
20th century, early
21st century
19th century
Places
Germany
United States
Soviet Union
Copenhagen (Denmark)
France
China
Institutions
Université de Strasbourg
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Physik, Berlin
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Chemie
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