tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439168179960787195.post6212733699223202640..comments2024-03-28T17:13:01.117+10:00Comments on Condensed concepts: Uncertainty about Heisenberg's motivationRoss H. McKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09950455939572097456noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439168179960787195.post-77863965957309269702014-01-20T08:21:11.764+10:002014-01-20T08:21:11.764+10:00I've always found the controversies surroundin...I've always found the controversies surrounding Heisenberg and Teller interesting, where I've found it difficult to take sides (more so in Heisenberg's case). <br /><br />The one thing that I think is unarguable is that he cannot be clubbed together with full-fledged Nazi sympathisers such as Lenard or Stark. His decision to stay back seems to me to be a little more than having to do what had to be done, but a little less than patriotism; as his son says in his analysis of the play (http://werner-heisenberg.physics.unh.edu/washsym.htm) Heisengberg did help rebuild physics in Germany in the post war period. I believe his son's retelling and interpretation of events, which I imagine he wouldn't care to distort in his father's favour at the risk of being labelled a sympathiser of the cause himself --- any hints for which people's ears are always pricked up today.<br /><br />Vipinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17332111746990936509noreply@blogger.com