Weizsäcker, Carl Friedrich on 1986 January 28: in German.
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Abstract/Description: | The new physics institute, the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Physik (of the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gesellschaft), established in 1935 partly with Rockefeller Foundation money. Weizsäcker joins in 1936; Peter Debye as first director; comparison to other physics institutes (Niels Bohr Institute). Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gesellschaft's place in German science in comparison with the Universities; interdisciplinary contacts; good German science (i.e., Werner Siemens) important for industry. Foreign support of German science in the 1930s, and the isolation of German science later on. Views on National Socialism in the 1930s; dealings with industrial crisis and unemployment. The Wehrmacht's takeover of Fritz Haber's Institut, and the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gesellshaft's reaction (Otto Hahn's letter to Max Planck, 1933). Germany's place in international physics prior to the late 1930s. Views on uranium research, and Hahn's speech on fission at the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut in 1939. The Heeres-Waffenamts (Weapons Ordnance Department) takeover of the Institut, and subsequent departure of Debye for the United States (Ernst Telschow); the "Uranium Society." The atomic bomb, the building, the builders of it, and the ethics of the atomic bomb (the building of it, the builders, and the ethics involved are discussed at length. Weizsäcker's presidency of the Max Planck Institut für Physik; comments on teaching and other responsibilities of a university professor; comments on scientific revolutions and normal science. Discussion of philosophy of science, on becoming and on being a scientist; physics as the fundamental science. Also prominently mentioned are: Ludwig Biermann, Niels Bohr, Bosch, Adolf Butenandt, Max Delbrück, Diebner, Albert Einstein, James Franck, Samuel Goudsmit, Fritz Haber, Otto Hahn, Werner Heisenberg, Adolf Hitler, Max von Laue, Philipp Lenard, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Georg Picht, Max Planck, Schumann, Werner Siemens, Leo Szilard, Edward Teller, and Vögler. |
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Subject(s): | Biermann, Ludwig, 1907-1986 Bohr, Niels, 1885-1962 Bosch Butenandt, Adolf, 1903- Debye, Peter J. W. (Peter Josef William), 1884-1966- Delbrück, Max Diebner, Kurt Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955 Franck, James, 1882-1964 Goudsmit, Samuel A. (Samuel Abraham), 1902-1978 Haber, Fritz, 1868-1934 Hahn, Otto, 1879-1968 Heisenberg, Werner, 1901-1976 Hitler, Adolph, 1889-1945 Laue, Max von, 1879-1960 Lenard, Philipp, 1862-1947 Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967 Picht, Georg Planck, Max, 1858-1947 Schumann Siemens, Werner von Szilard, Leo Teller, Edward, 1908-2003 Telschow, Ernst, 1889-1988 Vogler Freiherr von Weizsäcker, Carl Friedrich, 1912-2007 Kaiser Wilhelm-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften. Rockefeller Foundation. Atomic bomb National Socialism National socialism and science Physics -- Germany Science and state -- Germany |
Title: | Weizsäcker, Carl Friedrich on 1986 January 28: in German. | |
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Name(s): |
Weizsäcker, Carl Friedrich Freiherr von, 1912-2007 Macrakis, Kristie, 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: | 1986 | |
Extent: |
Transcript: 60 pages. Audio recording: 2 cassettes. |
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Abstract/Description: | The new physics institute, the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Physik (of the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gesellschaft), established in 1935 partly with Rockefeller Foundation money. Weizsäcker joins in 1936; Peter Debye as first director; comparison to other physics institutes (Niels Bohr Institute). Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gesellschaft's place in German science in comparison with the Universities; interdisciplinary contacts; good German science (i.e., Werner Siemens) important for industry. Foreign support of German science in the 1930s, and the isolation of German science later on. Views on National Socialism in the 1930s; dealings with industrial crisis and unemployment. The Wehrmacht's takeover of Fritz Haber's Institut, and the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gesellshaft's reaction (Otto Hahn's letter to Max Planck, 1933). Germany's place in international physics prior to the late 1930s. Views on uranium research, and Hahn's speech on fission at the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut in 1939. The Heeres-Waffenamts (Weapons Ordnance Department) takeover of the Institut, and subsequent departure of Debye for the United States (Ernst Telschow); the "Uranium Society." The atomic bomb, the building, the builders of it, and the ethics of the atomic bomb (the building of it, the builders, and the ethics involved are discussed at length. Weizsäcker's presidency of the Max Planck Institut für Physik; comments on teaching and other responsibilities of a university professor; comments on scientific revolutions and normal science. Discussion of philosophy of science, on becoming and on being a scientist; physics as the fundamental science. Also prominently mentioned are: Ludwig Biermann, Niels Bohr, Bosch, Adolf Butenandt, Max Delbrück, Diebner, Albert Einstein, James Franck, Samuel Goudsmit, Fritz Haber, Otto Hahn, Werner Heisenberg, Adolf Hitler, Max von Laue, Philipp Lenard, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Georg Picht, Max Planck, Schumann, Werner Siemens, Leo Szilard, Edward Teller, and Vögler. | |
Note(s): |
Interview conducted by Kristie Macrakis, 28 January 1986. Digital master copy saved to external hard drive, 2013. Loan copies may be made from digital copy. |
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Subject(s): |
Biermann, Ludwig, 1907-1986 Bohr, Niels, 1885-1962 Bosch Butenandt, Adolf, 1903- Debye, Peter J. W. (Peter Josef William), 1884-1966- Delbrück, Max Diebner, Kurt Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955 Franck, James, 1882-1964 Goudsmit, Samuel A. (Samuel Abraham), 1902-1978 Haber, Fritz, 1868-1934 Hahn, Otto, 1879-1968 Heisenberg, Werner, 1901-1976 Hitler, Adolph, 1889-1945 Laue, Max von, 1879-1960 Lenard, Philipp, 1862-1947 Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967 Picht, Georg Planck, Max, 1858-1947 Schumann Siemens, Werner von Szilard, Leo Teller, Edward, 1908-2003 Telschow, Ernst, 1889-1988 Vogler Freiherr von Weizsäcker, Carl Friedrich, 1912-2007 Kaiser Wilhelm-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften. Rockefeller Foundation. Atomic bomb National Socialism National socialism and science Physics -- Germany Science and state -- Germany |
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Library Classification: | OH 4951 | |
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 Kristie Macrakis on 1986 January 28, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, American Institute of Physics, College Park, MD USA, http://repository.aip.org/islandora/object/nbla:271352 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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