Otto Hahn: Responsibility and Repression |
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Authors: | Mark Walker |
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Institution: | (1) 304 Chula Vista Street, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA |
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Abstract: | The role that Otto Hahn (1879–1968) played in the discovery of nuclear fission and whether Lise Meitner (1878–1968) should
have shared the Nobel Prize for that discovery have been subjects of earlier studies, but there is more to the story. I examine
what Hahn and the scientists in his Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Chemistry in Berlin-Dahlem did during the Third Reich, in
particular, the significant contributions they made to the German uranium project during the Second World War. I then use
this as a basis for judging Hahn’s postwar apologia as the last president of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society and first president
of its successor, the Max Planck Society. |
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