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The Legacy of the Second World War
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109FIVEThe Germans’ Two Wars,Heisenberg and BohrI begin with something that is (or should be) obvious. Thehistory of the atomic bomb (more accurately: the history of thefirst three atomic bombs, Alamogordo, Hiroshima, Nagasaki) ispart of the history of the Second World War. The history of thesebombs—as indeed the history of every human product—is thehistory of the men and women who invented them, designedthem, planned them, and constructed them. The history of sci-ence not only is inseparable from the history of scientists: it is thehistory of scientists. No scientists, no science. This is becausehistory is not part of science, while ‘‘science’’ is part of the historyof mankind.The ‘‘causes’’ of the atom bomb are historical and, ultimately,personal; they are scientific and technical only on a secondaryand mechanical level of ‘‘causes.’’ The causes of the making of the
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109FIVEThe Germans’ Two Wars,Heisenberg and BohrI begin with something that is (or should be) obvious. Thehistory of the atomic bomb (more accurately: the history of thefirst three atomic bombs, Alamogordo, Hiroshima, Nagasaki) ispart of the history of the Second World War. The history of thesebombs—as indeed the history of every human product—is thehistory of the men and women who invented them, designedthem, planned them, and constructed them. The history of sci-ence not only is inseparable from the history of scientists: it is thehistory of scientists. No scientists, no science. This is becausehistory is not part of science, while ‘‘science’’ is part of the historyof mankind.The ‘‘causes’’ of the atom bomb are historical and, ultimately,personal; they are scientific and technical only on a secondaryand mechanical level of ‘‘causes.’’ The causes of the making of the
© Yale University Press, New Haven

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. One. Seventy Years Later: The Legacy Of The Second World War 1
  4. Two. The Place Of The Second World War—At The End Of An Age 16
  5. Three. The Division Of Europe 54
  6. Four. Hitler, Questions Still Extant 86
  7. Five. The Germans’ Two Wars, Heisenberg And Bohr 109
  8. Six. Rainbow Five 133
  9. Seven. The Second World War And The Origins Of The Cold War 161
  10. Acknowledgments 193
  11. Index 195
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. One. Seventy Years Later: The Legacy Of The Second World War 1
  4. Two. The Place Of The Second World War—At The End Of An Age 16
  5. Three. The Division Of Europe 54
  6. Four. Hitler, Questions Still Extant 86
  7. Five. The Germans’ Two Wars, Heisenberg And Bohr 109
  8. Six. Rainbow Five 133
  9. Seven. The Second World War And The Origins Of The Cold War 161
  10. Acknowledgments 193
  11. Index 195
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