Weizsäcker, Carl Friedrich on 1985 May 9: in German.
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Abstract/Description: | Transuranic elements; nuclear reactor design. Weizsäcker's work in Berlin at Otto Hahn and Peter Debye's institutes; the discovery of nuclear fission; military service exemptions for scientists. Competition within the German uranium project; nuclear explosives. End of the war; Werner Heisenberg and Samuel Goudsmit; Farm Hall and critical mass of a chain reaction. Weizsäcker's interest in policy; interest in the civil uses of nuclear energy; uranium research as a method of survival; German science policy after 1955; the Göttingen Manifesto. Also prominently mentioned are: Peter Josef William Debye, Kurt Diebner, Samuel Abraham Goudsmit, Otto Hahn, Werner Heisenberg, Karl Heinz Höcker, Frédéric Joliot-Curie, Schumann, and Karl Wirtz. |
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Subject(s): | Debye, Peter J. W. (Peter Josef William), 1884-1966 Diebner, Kurt Goudsmit, Samuel A. (Samuel Abraham), 1902-1978 Hahn, Otto, 1879-1968 Heisenberg, Werner, 1901-1976 Hocker, Karl Heinz Joliot-Curie, Frédéric Schumann Freiherr von Weizsäcker, Carl Friedrich, 1912-2007 Wirtz, Karl, 1910- Atomic bomb -- Germany -- Research Nuclear fission Science and state -- Germany Transuranium elements Farm Hall (Godmanchester, England) |
Title: | Weizsäcker, Carl Friedrich on 1985 May 9: in German. | |
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Name(s): |
Weizsäcker, Carl Friedrich Freiherr von, 1912-2007 Walker, Mark, 1959-, interviewer. |
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Type of Resource: | mixed material | |
Genre: |
Oral histories. Interviews. Sound recordings. Transcripts. |
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Issuance: | monographic | |
Date Created: | 1985 | |
Extent: |
Transcript: 19 pages. Audio recording: 1 cassette. |
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Abstract/Description: | Transuranic elements; nuclear reactor design. Weizsäcker's work in Berlin at Otto Hahn and Peter Debye's institutes; the discovery of nuclear fission; military service exemptions for scientists. Competition within the German uranium project; nuclear explosives. End of the war; Werner Heisenberg and Samuel Goudsmit; Farm Hall and critical mass of a chain reaction. Weizsäcker's interest in policy; interest in the civil uses of nuclear energy; uranium research as a method of survival; German science policy after 1955; the Göttingen Manifesto. Also prominently mentioned are: Peter Josef William Debye, Kurt Diebner, Samuel Abraham Goudsmit, Otto Hahn, Werner Heisenberg, Karl Heinz Höcker, Frédéric Joliot-Curie, Schumann, and Karl Wirtz. | |
Note(s): |
Interview conducted by Mark Walker, 9 May 1985. Digital master copy saved to external hard drive, 2013. Loan copies may be made from digital copy. In German. Includes table of contents. |
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Subject(s): |
Debye, Peter J. W. (Peter Josef William), 1884-1966 Diebner, Kurt Goudsmit, Samuel A. (Samuel Abraham), 1902-1978 Hahn, Otto, 1879-1968 Heisenberg, Werner, 1901-1976 Hocker, Karl Heinz Joliot-Curie, Frédéric Schumann Freiherr von Weizsäcker, Carl Friedrich, 1912-2007 Wirtz, Karl, 1910- Atomic bomb -- Germany -- Research Nuclear fission Science and state -- Germany Transuranium elements Farm Hall (Godmanchester, England) |
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Library Classification: | OH 4950 | |
Held by: | American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA | |
Restrictions on Access: |
In footnotes or endnotes please cite AIP interviews like this: Interview of Carl Friedrich Weizsäcker by Mark Walker on 1985 May 9, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, American Institute of Physics, College Park, MD USA, http://repository.aip.org/islandora/object/nbla:271351 Oral history interview may be read by any researcher with an approved access application on file, but copies and quotes may not be made, except with the written permission of the Institute. |
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