This book offers a collection of texts by Carl Friedrich von Weizsaecker (1912-2007), a major German universal scientist who was also a pioneer in physics, philosophy, religion on issues of politics and peace research. He worked with Werner Heisenberg and Otto Hahn in the German “Uranverein”, obtained a patent for plutonium during World War II and was an opponent of the nuclear armament of the German armed forces (1957). Furthermore, he published a study on the inability to defend Germany (1971) that was instrumental in the debate on defensive defense since the mid 1970s. He wrote on war and peace, peace and truth, policy implications of nuclear energy, on ethical issues of modern strategy, on consequences of war and war prevention and on the theory of power. He coined the term “world domestic policy” which still covers a valid theory for political, institutional secured world peace in the atomic age.
| ISBN: | 9783319133072 |
| Publication date: | 6th May 2015 |
| Author: | Ulrich Bartosch |
| Publisher: | Springer International Publishing AG |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 143 pages |
| Series: | SpringerBriefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice |
| Genres: |
Political science and theory Physics |
This book offers a collection of texts by Carl Friedrich von Weizsaecker (1912-2007), a major German universal scientist who was also a pioneer in physics, philosophy, religion on issues of politics and peace research. He worked with Werner Heisenberg and Otto Hahn in the German “Uranverein”, obtained a patent for plutonium during World War II and was an opponent of the nuclear armament of the German armed forces (1957). Furthermore, he published a study on the inability to defend Germany (1971) that was instrumental in the debate on defensive defense since the mid 1970s. He wrote on war and peace, peace and truth, policy implications of nuclear energy, on ethical issues of modern strategy, on consequences of war and war prevention and on the theory of power. He coined the term “world domestic policy” which still covers a valid theory for political, institutional secured world peace in the atomic age.
Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker: Major Texts on Politics and Peace Research features in the following genres: Political science and theory, Physics
Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker: Major Texts on Politics and Peace Research is available in Paperback
Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker: Major Texts on Politics and Peace Research was written by Ulrich Bartosch and published by Springer International Publishing AG
Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker: Major Texts on Politics and Peace Research has 143 pages
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