LEADER 02718pam a2200373 a 4500003 hubpceuo 005 20230221160633.0 008 881229s1989 enka b 001 0 eng 010 88036458 020 0521364132 040 DLC |cDLC |dDLC |dhubpceuo |beng 041 eng 043 e-gx--- 050 00 TK1078 |b.W35 1989 082 00 355.8/25119/0943 |219 100 1 Walker, Mark, |d1959- 245 10 German national socialism and the quest for nuclear power, 1939-1949 / |cMark Walker. 260 Cambridge [England] ;New York : |bCambridge University Press, |c1989. 300 x, 290 p. : |bill. ; |c24 cm. 500 Includes index. 504 Bibliography: p. 268-283. 505 Part I. Lightning War: Nuclear fission -- The German nuclear power project -- Moderators, isotope separation, and uranium machines -- Nuclear power and lightning war -- Part II. The War Slows Down: The end of the lightning war -- Nuclear power conferences -- National Socialism and German physics -- Progress and infighting -- Part III. The War Comes Home: Wonder weapons -- Uranium machines in Berlin-Gottow -- Greater Germany and cultural imperialism -- Death from above and betrayal from within -- Part IV. The War is Lost: Evacuation and self-preservation -- The heavy water dries up -- Harteck's circle, centrifuges, and special experiments -- Uranium machines and rock cellars -- Part V. The German Achievement in the American Shadow: The Alsos MIssion -- Farm Hall -- The Smyth Report -- Part VI. The Legacy of German National Socialism: The occupation of Germany -- Nazification and denazification -- The Goudsmit/Heisenberg controversy -- Part VII. The Myth of the German Atomic Bomb: Conclusion. 520 This a paperback edition of Professor Walker's full-scale examination of the German efforts to harness the economic, military and political power of nuclear fission between 1939 and 1949. The book explains clearly, in terms that the non-specialist can understand, what was involved in the Germans' quest, and in what ways the German scientists succeeded or failed in the development of 'the bomb'. 580 The Roger Griffin ComFas Collection 650 0 Nuclear energy |zGermany |xHistory. 650 0 Nuclear engineering |zGermany |xHistory. 650 0 National socialism. 880 |6245 942 |2ddc |cBK 952 |00 |10 |2ddc |40 |6355_800000000000000_25119_0943_WAL |70 |8GEN |9161322OSA |bOSA |d2023-02-02 |eComFas |l0 |o355.8/25119/0943 WAL |r2023-02-02 |w2023-02-02 |yBK |cGeneral Stacks 920 01 MomVQLXD 992 01 355_800000000000000_25119_0943_WAL |bWUU_RZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ_XUYYQ_ZQVW_3PE 966 |cIn the Research Room