EAN: 9783319134451

CARL FRIEDRICH VON WEIZSÄCKER PIONEER OF PHYSIC...

This book offers a collection of texts by Carl Friedrich von Weizsaecker (1912-2007)  a major
German universal scientist who was a pioneer in physics  philosophy  religion  politics and
peace research. He started as an assistant to the physicist  Werner Heisenberg  held
professorships in theoretical physics (Strasbourg)  physics (Goettingen) and philosophy
(Hamburg) and was a co-director (with Juergen Habermas) of a Max Planck Institute for Research
into living conditions in a world of science and technology in Starnberg. This unique anthology
spans the wide scope of his innovative thinking including his philosophical self-reflections 
on peace  nuclear strategy  security and defensive defense  on nuclear energy  on the
conditions of freedom  on his experience of religion  including poetry from his early youth.
Most texts appear in English for the first time and are selected for use in seminars on physics
philosophy  religion  politics and peace research.

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