Heisenberg in the atomic age: science and the public sphere
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| adam_text | Contents
Acknowledgments page
xi
Archival Abbreviations
xiii
PARTI: INTRODUCTION
ϊ.
Science and the Public Sphere
3
Strategy and Approach
7
Outline
її
z. Tracking
Heisenberg 19
PARTII:
CULTURE
3.
The Scientist as
Bildungsbürger 31
Bildung
and Science
33
Performing
Bildung:
Theory },7
Performing
Bildung:
Praxis
39
Enter
Heisenberg 42
First Lectures
44
Transformations in the Foundations
48
Accommodating Culture to Politics
51
Public and Private
54
World Pictures and Public Roles 58
4.
Physics as Philosophy
60
Early Work: Fabricating Quantum Mechanics
63
Making Sense of a Theory
7°
The Hidden Meaning of Quantum Field Theory
75
The Philosophy of the Fundamental Length
79
Revisiting Helgoland
81
A Theory of Science
83
Quantum Theory after
1945
91
The Philosophy of the Future Theory 9Z
Philosophy and Science in a World-Historical Moment
97
vu
Contents
The Culture of the Event ioz
Mechanics: Securing the Speaker
103
Performance: Science and
Bildung (1949)
lo6
Mechanics: Staging Io8
Performance: World Pictures on Display
(1953)
το9
Mechanics: Amplification JI3
Performance: World Formulae (1958) ri5
Mechanics: Defining a Frame
І2Л
Performance: Goethe
(1967)
їгг
Mechanics: Multiple Meanings
Ι2·6
Performance: Religion and Science
(1973)
1Z7
Science as
Bildung:
Cultural Constancy
13З
Bildung als Konsumgut:
Dilemmas of the Literary
Public Sphere
Publishing: Brave New World
τ37
The Media Complex: Stars and Spectacles 141
The Memoirs *45
Countercultural Resonances
τ55
Science in the Public Sphere
PART III: POLITICS
7.
Science, Politics, and Power: Initial Orientations
The Research System
The Scientist
Heisenberg
on the Spot I7I
The Atomic Age r73
8.
A New Research System J77
Postwar Boundary Conditions
&
Inside the Institute
The Max Planck Society
National Science Policy
τ9ζ
International Relations zO^
The Postwar Settlement 2I5
9.
Science Policy in the Atomic Age 2l8
Boosting Atomic Physics zzO
Starting on a Reactor
Industry, the State, and the Max Planck Society
Uncooperative Partners and the Problem of a Site
Decisions, Mechanisms, and Consequences
Roles, Responsibilities, and Political Concerns
Science Policy in the Small
2-49
Atomic Physics and Political Order
Contents ix
Expansion
and Uncertainty
256
Not an Institute Director in the German Sense
2.56
Structural
Transformation: The Max Planck Society
260
The MPG and Its Funders
266
Hopes for Reform
272
Supporting Science: Budget Growth and Budget Cuts
277
Public Relations
281
Planning: Accelerator Physics
284
Projecting a Future: Conflict and Avoidance
287
The End of Physics?
293
Out of Heisenberg s Era
301
Governance: Some Conclusions
304
Science Policy and the Postwar Order
308
11.
Politics in the Public Sphere
310
Postwar Beginnings
311
Göttingen:
Small Public 3X3
The Nuclear Threat
3
ľ7
The
Göttingen
Manifesto
320
Looking beyond Adenauer
330
Scientists and Intellectuals
333
To
1968
and Beyond
34°
A Scientist in the Public Sphere
344
12.
Speaking of the Third Reich: Denazification
351
Denazification
353
Aryan Physics
359
Aside: Resistance 36z
Reconstructing Public Life
3^4
Reconstructing Speech
3^6
13.
Speaking of the Third Reich: War Work
370
Farm Hall: Discussing
37*
Farm Hall: Drafting
373
The
Naturwissenschaften
Report: Narrative
375
The
Naturwissenschaften
Report: Conclusion
379
Readings at Home
3
8
*
Readings Abroad 3%3
Things Said and Unsaid 389
Talking with Bohr
391
14·
Speaking of the Third Reich: Into the Public Sphere
397
Into the Public Sphere:
Jungk 39&
Not Talking with Bohr 4°8
Opening Up 412·
War Work in Context? Speaking of the Third Reich
4
r 6
x
Contents
Writing the Memoirs
418
Situating the Memoirs
425
The World-Historical Frame
428
PART IV: SCIENTIFIC REASON IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE
15.
The Public Reach of Reason after
1945 435
Predicting, Controlling, and Mastering Nature
437
Politics in the Scientific-Technical World
440
Limits to Progress, Limits to Reason
444
Science and the Self
452
The Problem of Values
455
Interpreting Scientists and Interpreting Science
457
Epilogue
459
Bibliography
463
Index
5 21
Illustrations
follow page
xvi.
In this deeply researched and imaginatively conceived book, Carson authoritatively de¬
lineates Werner
Heisenbergs
influential rote in the shaping of West Germany, integrat¬
ing his engagements in politics, physics, and culture and revealing how his vision was
shadowed by the history of the Third Reich. A must-read for anyone interested in
Heisen¬
berg
the man and the reconstruction of his country during the postwar years.
-
Daniel J. Kevles,
Yűle
University
Heisenberg in
the Atomic Age is a brilliant interpretation of the co-evolution of the scientist-
intellectual and the public sphere in postwar West Germany. Historians have for decades
examined Werner
Heisenberg^
path-breaking contribution to quantum mechanics and
debated his scientific and moral roles in the Third Reich, where he directed Germany s
ill-fated atomic bomb project. Cathryn Carson is the first to examine in detail Heisen-
bcrg s equally important public role after
194$,
when physics and politics mixed in a
volatile combination over the issue of nuclear power, both civilian and military. At a time
when the philosopher
Jürgen Habermas was
articulating his notion of the public sphere,
Heisenberg^
public discourse helped shape how reason could be used to express dissent
in West Germany s new parliamentary democracy. Written with ¿Ian and elegance and
based on meticulous research and eye-opening interviews, Carson s refreshing study is
required reading for anyone interested in postwar politics and society.
-
Kat hry n
M. Olesko, Georgetown
University
Heisenberg
in the Atomic Age is a remarkable book: authoritatively informative, deeply in¬
sightful, impressively erudite and sensitive, yet readily accessible. It offers wide-ranging
new perspectives on
Heisenberg
and on the foundations and evolution of his physics,
philosophy, politics, and persona; on the culture, politics, and science of
pre-
and
post-World War II Germany; and on the atomic age and its intellectual-cultural battles.
It sets new standards for biographical writing.
-
Silvan S.
Schweber,
Haruard
University
Cathryn Carson has written a scientific and intellectual biography of Werner
Heisen¬
berg
in the postwar age that complements and supplements David Cassidy s path-
breaking work. Carson s methodological approach, and in particular her use of the
concept of the public sphere/ is innovative and persuasive. Both the organization of
the book and its prose are clear and straightforward, which makes the book accessible.
However, her intelligent and subtle analysis, argument, and use of sources are also in¬
tellectually challenging.
-
Mark Walker, Union College
Carson succeeds magnificently in interrelating the scientific persona of the most fa¬
mous physicist in postwar Germany with his role in the process of reshaping German
science and society for a democratic political order.
Heisenberg in
the Atomic Age is a landmark
study in how scientists can and should participate in building the Habermasian public
sphere of rational discussion and critical reflection.
•
Norton Wise, University of
Californio, Los
Angeles
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