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Title
Farm Hall and the German atomic project of World War II [electronic resource] : a dramatic history / David C. Cassidy.
ISBN
9783319595788 (electronic book)
3319595784 (electronic book)
9783319595771
3319595776
Publication Details
Cham : Springer, 2017.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource.
Call Number
PS3553.A87
Dewey Decimal Classification
811/.54
500
Summary
This gripping book brings back to life the events surrounding the internment of ten German Nuclear Scientists immediately after World War II. It is also an "eye-witness" account of the dawning of the nuclear age, with the dialogue and narrative spanning the period before, during and after atomic bombs were dropped on Japan at the end of the war. This pivotal historical episode is conveyed, along with the emotions as well as the facts, through drama, historical narrative, and photographs of the captive German nuclear scientists - who included Werner Heisenberg, Otto Hahn, and Max von Laue. The unique story that unfolds in the play is based on secretly recorded transcripts of the scientists' actual conversations at Farm Hall, together with related documents and photographs.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references.
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Description based on print version record.
Available in Other Form
Print version: 3319595776
Acknowledgments; Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Farm Hall; Characters in Order of Appearance; The Play; 2 A Brief History of the German Project, Alsos, and Farm Hall; The Pre-war Regime; Nuclear Fission; The Early War Years; The Copenhagen Visit; The Turning Point; The Later War Years; The Alsos Mission; The Meager Progress; Farm Hall; The Farm Hall Transcripts; 3 Science, History, Drama; 4 Historical Sources: The Farm Hall Reports; Excerpts from the Farm Hall Reports; Excerpt from Erich Bagge's "Internment Diary" (Translated); Bibliography; Archival Materials; Publications
