Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker : major texts on politics and peace research / Ulrich Bartosch, editor.
This book offers a collection of texts by Carl Friedrich von Weizsaecker (1912-2007), a major German universal scientist who was also a pioneer in physics, philosophy, religion on issues of politics and peace research. He worked with Werner Heisenberg and Otto Hahn in the German "Uranverein&quo...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Cham :
Springer,
2015.
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| Series: | SpringerBriefs on pioneers in science and practice. Texts and protocols ;
volume 25. |
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| Online Access: | Springer eBooks |
| Summary: | This book offers a collection of texts by Carl Friedrich von Weizsaecker (1912-2007), a major German universal scientist who was also a pioneer in physics, philosophy, religion on issues of politics and peace research. He worked with Werner Heisenberg and Otto Hahn in the German "Uranverein", obtained a patent for plutonium during World War II and was an opponent of the nuclear armament of the German armed forces (1957). Furthermore, he published a study on the inability to defend Germany (1971) that was instrumental in the debate on defensive defense since the mid 1970s. He wrote on war and p. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 143 pages) : illustrations (some colour). |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 331913308X 9783319133089 |
| ISSN: | 2194-3125 ; |