Heisenberg and the Nazi Atomic Bomb Project, 1939-1945

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ISBN: 9780520229266 | 0520229266
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Copyright: 2/1/2002

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This is the first book to expose, with full documentation, Heisenberg's fundamental misunderstanding of the atomic bomb and, at the same time, to dissect the layers of deception that made possible his collusion with the Nazi regime.

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Acknowledgments	p. ix
List of Abbreviations	p. xi
A Note on Three New Sources	p. xiii
Preface: Why Heisenberg?	p. xv
A Note on Historical Terminology of the First Nuclear Age, 1939-45	p. xix
Prologue: The Heisenberg Problem: Deception and Self-Deception	p. 1
History: the Heisenberg Version and Its Critics	p. 7
The Heisenberg Version and Its First Critic, 1945-49	p. 9
Elaborating the Heisenberg Version, 1945-76	p. 39
Criticizing the Version, 1948-94	p. 62
Science: Conceptions and Misconceptions of Physics	p. 79
The Atomic Bomb Problem, 1939	p. 81
The Frisch-Peierls Solution, 1940	p. 99
Heisenberg's False Foundations, 1939	p. 106
The Bomb as Reactor: The U235 Bomb Misconceived, 1940	p. 115
The Reactor as Bomb: Explosive Reactor-Bombs, 1940	p. 123
The Reactor and the Bomb: Plutonium, 1940-41	p. 131
The Reactor-Bomb Patent and the Heisenberg/Bohr Drawing, 1941	p. 146
The Weapons Research Office Report of 1942: Plutonium and the Reactor-Bomb	p. 167
The Two Conferences of 1942: Loose Details, Non-decisions, and Pineapples	p. 173
Reactor-Bombs, Plutonium Bombs, and the SS: The Report of Activities of 1944	p. 185
The Truth: Farm Hall, August 1945	p. 206
Culture: German Patriotism, German Morality, and the Truth of Physics	p. 223
The German Context: Unpolitical Politics	p. 225
The Unpolitical Heisenberg: Patriot and Physicist, 1918-33	p. 236
Collusion and Compromise under Hitler, 1933-37	p. 246
The Himmler Connection: Heisenberg's "Honor," 1937-44	p. 262
Justifying Nazi Victory, 1941-45	p. 271
Decency and Indecency at Farm Hall, 1945	p. 292
Heisenberg's Peculiar Way, 1945-48	p. 304
Select Bibliography	p. 325
Index	p. 347
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