Hitler's Atomic Bomb
- MP Department Seminar
- Date: Jun 13, 2025
- Time: 09:30 AM - 10:30 AM (Local Time Germany)
- Speaker: Prof. Mark Walker
- John Bigelow Professor of History, Union College, USA
- Location: Building K, Haber-Villa, Faradayweg 8, 14195 Berlin
- Room: Seminar Room
- Host: Department of Molecular Physics
- Contact: friedrich@fhi-berlin.mpg.de
After the discovery of nuclear fission, scientists in several different countries, including National Socialist Germany, brought the potential military applications of fission to the attention of political and military authorities.
After the discovery of nuclear fission, scientists in several different countries, including National Socialist Germany, brought the potential military applications of fission to the attention of political and military authorities. This talk will examine the wartime German Uranium Project, which ran parallel to the American Manhattan Project. What the Germans did and did not understand about nuclear weapons, the effect of the war on the research, and the motivations of the scientists will all be examined.