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Heisenberg and the Atomic Bomb

2025/3/13
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@Eric Meyers : 海森堡是纳粹德国顶尖的科学家,但他的动机至今成谜。他在纳粹德国的核研究项目中扮演了关键角色,但德国的原子弹研发最终失败。海森堡是否故意拖延了研发进程,还是他确实在为德国制造原子武器,这一问题至今仍无定论。海森堡与尼尔斯·玻尔的会面引发了广泛讨论,双方对会面内容的回忆存在分歧。海森堡在会面中暗示德国正在研发核武器,这可能被视为叛国行为,而玻尔则回忆称海森堡表示德国将赢得战争,并呼吁合作。海森堡的研究推动了核裂变的发现,为原子弹的研发奠定了基础。尽管德国的核研究规模远小于美国的曼哈顿计划,但海森堡的研究无疑推动了世界进入核时代。

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The chapter explores Werner Heisenberg's controversial meeting with Niels Bohr during WWII and its implications on the Allied and Nazi nuclear programs.
  • Heisenberg traveled to Nazi-occupied Denmark to meet with Niels Bohr in 1941.
  • The meeting's content remains disputed, with conflicting accounts from Heisenberg and Bohr.
  • The meeting likely influenced the acceleration of the USA's Manhattan Project.

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As one of their most controversial scientists, Heisenberg was key in the Nazis' efforts to develop an atomic bomb. But how close was he to succeeding?

Cast List:

Dr Gerhard Rammer: Deutsches Technikmuseum

Shalina Patel: Historian 

Guy Walters: Author and Historian 

Dr. Mark Walker: Union College, New York 

Nigel Jones: Author and Historian 

Dr. Kathryn Olesko: Georgetown University

Dr. Magnus Brechtken: Leibniz Institute for Contemporary History

Gunhild Lurås: Norwegian Industrial Workers Museum 

Dr Katherine Sharp Landdeck: Texas Woman’s University 

Egidius Fechter: Atomkeller Museum

Eric Meyers: Narrator 

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