Harteck, Paul on 1984 August 22: in German.
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Abstract/Description: | Assistant to Fritz Haber in Universität Berlin; study with Ernest Rutherford in England. Physical chemistry as boundary area between nuclear physics and nuclear chemistry. Harteck's working style, taking up new topics as a type of training. World War II as a stimulus for nuclear energy; the organization of the German uranium project; experiment with carbon dioxide; heavy water in Norway and in Germany; the effect of war on relations between scientists; plutonium; Werner Heisenberg and his circle; Gustav Hertz. Denunciation of Harteck to the Gestapo by a colleague; the German nuclear reactor experiments during the war; isotope separation. Harteck's decision to emigrate to America; Russia, East Germany, and reasons for leaving Germany. Atomic bombs; Farm Hall and the German scientists in Allied custody at the end of the war. Also prominently mentioned are: Brun, Bütefisch, Kurt Diebner, Abraham Esau, Walther Groth, Gustav Ludwig Hertz, and von Hedwig. |
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Subject(s): | Diebner, Kurt Esau, Abraham Groth, Walther Haber, Fritz, 1868-1934 Harteck, Paul, 1902- Heisenberg, Werner, 1901-1976 Hertz, Gustav, 1887- Rutherford, Ernest, 1871-1937 von Hedwig Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin Atomic bomb Carbon dioxide Chemistry, Physical and theoretical Deuterium oxide Isotope separation Nuclear chemistry Nuclear energy Nuclear physics -- Germany Nuclear reactors Plutonium Science -- International cooperation World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons World War, 1939-1945 -- Science |
Title: | Harteck, Paul on 1984 August 22: in German. | |
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Name(s): |
Harteck, Paul, 1902- Walker, Mark, interviewer. |
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Type of Resource: | mixed material | |
Genre: |
Oral histories. Transcripts. Interviews. |
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Issuance: | monographic | |
Date Created: | 1984 | |
Extent: | Transcript: 18 pages. | |
Abstract/Description: | Assistant to Fritz Haber in Universität Berlin; study with Ernest Rutherford in England. Physical chemistry as boundary area between nuclear physics and nuclear chemistry. Harteck's working style, taking up new topics as a type of training. World War II as a stimulus for nuclear energy; the organization of the German uranium project; experiment with carbon dioxide; heavy water in Norway and in Germany; the effect of war on relations between scientists; plutonium; Werner Heisenberg and his circle; Gustav Hertz. Denunciation of Harteck to the Gestapo by a colleague; the German nuclear reactor experiments during the war; isotope separation. Harteck's decision to emigrate to America; Russia, East Germany, and reasons for leaving Germany. Atomic bombs; Farm Hall and the German scientists in Allied custody at the end of the war. Also prominently mentioned are: Brun, Bütefisch, Kurt Diebner, Abraham Esau, Walther Groth, Gustav Ludwig Hertz, and von Hedwig. | |
Note(s): |
Interview conducted by Mark Walker, 22 August 1984. Paul Harteck (1902-1985). In German. Includes name index and table of contents. |
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Subject(s): |
Diebner, Kurt Esau, Abraham Groth, Walther Haber, Fritz, 1868-1934 Harteck, Paul, 1902- Heisenberg, Werner, 1901-1976 Hertz, Gustav, 1887- Rutherford, Ernest, 1871-1937 von Hedwig Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin Atomic bomb Carbon dioxide Chemistry, Physical and theoretical Deuterium oxide Isotope separation Nuclear chemistry Nuclear energy Nuclear physics -- Germany Nuclear reactors Plutonium Science -- International cooperation World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons World War, 1939-1945 -- Science |
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Held by: | American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA | |
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In footnotes or endnotes please cite AIP interviews like this: Interview of Paul Harteck by Mark Walker on 1984 August 22, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, American Institute of Physics, College Park, MD USA, http://repository.aip.org/islandora/object/nbla:266553 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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