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[Weizsäcker, Carl Friedrich Freiherr von, 1912-2007](/islandora/search/catch%5Fall%5Fnames%5Fmt%3A%28%22Weizsäcker, Carl Friedrich%22 AND %22Freiherr von%22 AND %221912-2007%22%29)[Harwit, Martin, 1931-](/islandora/search/catch%5Fall%5Fnames%5Fmt%3A%28%22Harwit, Martin%22 AND %221931-%22%29), interviewer. |
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| Type of Resource: |
mixed material |
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| Genre: |
[Oral histories.](/islandora/search/mods%5Fgenre%5Fall%5Fmt%3A%28%22Oral histories.%22%29)Interviews.[Sound recordings.](/islandora/search/mods%5Fgenre%5Fall%5Fmt%3A%28%22Sound recordings.%22%29)Transcripts. |
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| Issuance: |
monographic |
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| Date Created: |
1984 |
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 31 pages.Audio recording: 3 cassettes. |
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| Abstract/Description: |
Wartime uranium project, Kaiser Wilhelm Institut, Kurt Diebner, von Weizsäcker's and his father's attitude; Werner Heisenberg's political motives in the Hitler era. Niels Bohr and Heisenberg in Copenhagen, 1941. Origin of planetary system, the age of the sun. Physics and astronomy studies in Universität Göttingen and elsewhere (Heisenberg, Max Born, Hans Kienle, Ludwig Biermann). American contacts at and visits to Lick, Mt. Wilson, Yerkes Observatories (Gerard Kuiper) after the war. Charles P. Snow's Two Cultures. The 1957 Göttingen Manifesto. The Max Planck Institute for the Study of Living Conditions of the Scientific-Technological World. Comments on 1955-1958 work Grundlagen der Quantentheorie und die Sogenannte Hypothese der Uralternativen. Hans Bethe's Nobel Prize; some thoughts on the future of astrophysics. |
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| Note(s): |
Interview conducted by Martin Harwit, 15 February 1984.Digital master copy saved to external hard drive, 2013. Loan copies may be made from digital copy.In German.Includes name index and table of contents. |
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| Subject(s): |
[Biermann, Ludwig, 1907-1986](/islandora/search/catch%5Fall%5Fmods%5Fmt%3A%28%22Biermann, Ludwig, 1907-1986%22%29)[Bohr, Niels, 1885-1962](/islandora/search/catch%5Fall%5Fmods%5Fmt%3A%28%22Bohr, Niels, 1885-1962%22%29)[Born, Max, 1882-1970](/islandora/search/catch%5Fall%5Fmods%5Fmt%3A%28%22Born, Max, 1882-1970%22%29)[Diebner, Kurt](/islandora/search/catch%5Fall%5Fmods%5Fmt%3A%28%22Diebner, Kurt%22%29)[Heisenberg, Werner, 1901-1976](/islandora/search/catch%5Fall%5Fmods%5Fmt%3A%28%22Heisenberg, Werner, 1901-1976%22%29)[Kienle, Hans, 1895-](/islandora/search/catch%5Fall%5Fmods%5Fmt%3A%28%22Kienle, Hans, 1895-%22%29)[Kuiper, Gerard P. (Gerard Peter), 1905-1973](/islandora/search/catch%5Fall%5Fmods%5Fmt%3A%28%22Kuiper, Gerard P. %28Gerard Peter%29, 1905-1973%22%29)[Snow, C. P. (Charles Percy), 1905-1980](/islandora/search/catch%5Fall%5Fmods%5Fmt%3A%28%22Snow, C. P. %28Charles Percy%29, 1905-1980%22%29)[Freiherr von Weizsäcker, Carl Friedrich, 1912-2007](/islandora/search/catch%5Fall%5Fmods%5Fmt%3A%28%22Freiherr von Weizsäcker, Carl Friedrich, 1912-2007%22%29)[Kaiser Wilhelm-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften.](/islandora/search/catch%5Fall%5Fmods%5Fmt%3A%28%22Kaiser Wilhelm-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften.%22%29)[Lick Observatory.](/islandora/search/catch%5Fall%5Fmods%5Fmt%3A%28%22Lick Observatory.%22%29)[Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften.](/islandora/search/catch%5Fall%5Fmods%5Fmt%3A%28%22Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften.%22%29)[Mount Wilson Solar Observatory](/islandora/search/catch%5Fall%5Fmods%5Fmt%3A%28%22Mount Wilson Solar Observatory%22%29)[Universität Göttingen.](/islandora/search/catch%5Fall%5Fmods%5Fmt%3A%28%22Universität Göttingen.%22%29)[Yerkes Observatory.](/islandora/search/catch%5Fall%5Fmods%5Fmt%3A%28%22Yerkes Observatory.%22%29)[Astronomical observatories](/islandora/search/catch%5Fall%5Fsubjects%5Fmt%3A%28%22Astronomical observatories%22%29)AstrophysicsCosmology[Nobel Prizes](/islandora/search/catch%5Fall%5Fsubjects%5Fmt%3A%28%22Nobel Prizes%22%29)Uranium[World War, 1939-1945 -- Science](/islandora/search/catch%5Fall%5Fsubjects%5Fmt%3A%28%22World War, 1939-1945%22 AND %22Science%22%29) |
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| Library Classification: |
OH 4949 |
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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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| Restrictions on Access: |
In footnotes or endnotes please cite AIP interviews like this: Interview of Carl Friedrich Weizsäcker by Martin Harwit on 1984 February 15, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, American Institute of Physics, College Park, MD USA, http://repository.aip.org/islandora/object/nbla:271350Oral 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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| In Collections: |
Foreign Language Oral History Transcripts |
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