Heisenberg's War
A close-up look at Nazi attempts to build an atomic bomb describes the German bomb program, the Allied response to it, and the roles of some of the twentieth century's leading physicists--including Oppenheimer, Bohr, Weisskopf, and Heisenberg. 30,000 first printing. $35,000 ad/promo. Tour.
GenresHeisenberg, WernerPhysicistsPolitical activityAtomic bombGermanyHistory
607 pages, 2 editions
English edition · First published 1993 by Knopf · ISBN 9780394514116
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2 editions
English
- Heisenberg's War · Knopf · 1993 · ISBN 9780394514116 This page
- Heisenberg's War: The Secret History of the German Bomb · Da Capo Press · 2000 · ISBN 9780306810114
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