Article ID: CBB854967266

Did Werner Heisenberg Understand How Atomic Bombs Worked? (2022)

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Walker, Mark (Author)


Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte
Volume: 45
Issue: 1-2
Pages: 219-244


Publication Date: 2022
Edition Details: Issue Theme: The Farm Hall Manuscripts
Language: English

Drawing upon primary sources and using a comparison with the American Manhattan Project for context, this article examines the question whether Werner Heisenberg understood how atomic bombs work.

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Authors & Contributors
Baracca, Angelo
Calmthout, Martijn van
Hecht, David K.
Hentschel, Klaus
Kiernan, Denise
Malloy, Sean L.
Journals
Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte
American Heritage of Invention and Technology
Diplomatic History
History of Physics Newsletter
NTM: Zeitschrift für Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Technik und Medizin
Publishers
University of New Mexico
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Cornell University Press
Guaraldi
McGill-Queen's University Press
Prometheus
Concepts
Atomic bomb
Manhattan Project
World War II
Nuclear weapons; atomic weapons
Science and war; science and the military
Biographies
People
Fermi, Enrico
Heisenberg, Werner
Oppenheimer, J. Robert
Rotblat, Joseph
Weizsäcker, Carl Friedrich von
Goudsmit, Samuel Abraham
Time Periods
20th century
20th century, early
20th century, late
19th century
Places
United States
Germany
New Mexico (U.S.)
Canada
Italy
Tennessee (U.S.)
Institutions
New York Times
United States. Scientific Laboratory, Los Alamos
Manhattan Project National Historical Park
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