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Heisenberg's War Paperback - 2000

by Thomas Powers


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"Full of fascinating characters, deeds of heroic daring . . . [a] powerful book." -- New York Times One of the last secrets of World War II is why the Germans failed to build an atomic bomb. Germany was the birthplace of modern physics; it possessed the raw materials and the industrial base; and it commanded key intellectual resources. What happened? In Heisenberg's War, Thomas Powers tells of the interplay between science and espionage, morality and military necessity, and paranoia and cool logic that marked the German bomb program and the Allied response to it. On the basis of dozens of interviews and years of intensive research, Powers concludes that Werner Heisenberg, who was the leading figure in the German atomic effort, consciously obstructed the development of the bomb and in a famous 1941 meeting in Copenhagen with his former mentor Neils Bohr in effect sought to dissuade the Allies from their pursuit of the bomb. Heisenberg's War is a "superbly researched and well-written book" (Time) whose extraordinary story engrosses-and haunts.

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  • Title Heisenberg's War
  • Author Thomas Powers
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 640
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Da Capo Press, New York
  • Date 2000-08-11
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780306810114 / 0306810115
  • Weight 1.9 lbs (0.86 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.94 x 6.1 x 1.66 in (22.71 x 15.49 x 4.22 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1940's
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Cultural Region: Germany
  • Library of Congress subjects World War, 1939-1945 - Technology, Heisenberg, Werner
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 00055577
  • Dewey Decimal Code 355.825

About the author

Thomas Powers received the Pulitzer Prize in national reporting in 1971. He is the author of several books, including The Man Who Kept the Secrets: Richard Helms and the CIA, and most recently the novel The Confirmation. He lives with his family in Vermont.
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