Book ID: CBB001220838

Beyond Uncertainty: Heisenberg, Quantum Physics, and the Bomb (2008)

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Cassidy, David C. (Author)


Bellevue Literary Press


Publication Date: 2008
Physical Details: 480 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

Description A biography of Werner Heisenberg dealing with material disclosed since the fall of the Soviet Union.


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Authors & Contributors
Gadioli, Ettore
Dahn, Ryan
Artin, Tom
Wellerstein, Alex
Wang, Shiping
Vizgin, Vladimir P.
Concepts
Atomic, nuclear, and particle physics
Science and war; science and the military
Nuclear weapons; atomic weapons
Physics
Science and politics
Quantum mechanics
Time Periods
20th century
20th century, late
20th century, early
21st century
Places
Germany
United States
Soviet Union
England
Ohio (U.S.)
Switzerland
Institutions
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Physik, Berlin
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Chemie
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