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About this book
Reviled by many after the war as one of the people responsible for the carnage at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Hahn had already begun to reflect on the social responsibility of scientists for their fundamental discoveries and the subsequent applications of the knowledge they create. Already during the war, Hahn had protested Nazi restrictions on Universities and researchers, and after the War, he became actively involved in efforts to restrict the spread of nuclear weapons.
In this volume Klaus Hoffmann discusses Hahn's contributions to science and his reflections of scientific and social responsibility. He concludes that Hahn's ideas can still serve as a foundation for responsible and moral actions by scientists.
Reviews
From the reviews of the first edition:
"J. Michael Cole translated this biography, which appeared in German on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the death of Otto Hahn. … the description of the life and thinking of this great scientist is fascinating and thrills everyone who takes an interest to read it. … the chronological course of events in his life, career, and his thinking is presented in such a gripping style, that it is hard to put the book down." (K.-E. Hellwig, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1069, 2005)
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Otto Hahn
Book Subtitle: Achievement and Responsibility
Authors: Klaus Hoffmann
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0101-1
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Spring-Verlag New York, Inc. 2001
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-95057-0Published: 25 May 2001
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-6513-9Published: 21 September 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4613-0101-1Published: 06 December 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 276
Topics: Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics, Chemistry/Food Science, general, Physics, general, Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary