Otto Hahn

1 Atom Bomb and Nobel Prize. - 1. 1 Hidden Microphones. - 1. 2 Death Clouds over Hiroshima. - 1. 3 Hot Tempered Discussions. - 1. 4 Rumours about Professor Hahn. - 1. 5 Criminal Investigation for a Nobel Prize Winner. - 2 Boyhood Studies and the First Probationary Years. - 2. 1 The Good Year' 1879. - 2. 2 University Studies in Marburg and Munich. - 2. 3 Soap Bubbles and Exploding Chlorine Gas: Dr. Hahn as an Assistant Lecturer. - 2. 4 You Will Work on Radioactivity. - 3 The Awakening of the Natural Sciences. - 3. 1 Puzzling Radiation. - 3. 2 Pioneering Ideas. - 3. 3 Atomic Energy'. - 3. 4 Radium-The Great Revolutionary. - 4 The First Scientific Discovery. - 4. 1 In London with William Ramsay. - 4. 2 Radiothorium-The First New Element. - 4. 3 An Uncertain Future. - 4. 4 The Finest Year of His Life: In Montreal with Rutherford. - 5 Research at the University of Berlin. - 5. 1 The Joy of a Discoverer in a Workshop. - 5. 2 It's Unbelievable What Qualifies as a University Lecturer Nowadays. - 5. 3 An Element Is Not an Element. - 5. 4 Lise Meitner. - 5. 5 Isotopy-The Puzzle's Solution. - 5. 6 International Meetings. - 5. 7 The Nucleus of the Atom. - 5. 8 An Absent Minded Professor. - 6 The Kaiser Wilhelm Society. - 6. 1 A Call to the Nation'. - 6. 2 The Kaiser Comes . - 6. 3 Radiation ProtectionAt That Time a Foreign Word. - 6. 4 Research Work at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute. - 7 The First World War. - 7. 1 The Defence Forces and Science. - 7. 2 Poison Gas Warfare. - 7. 3 A Scientist at the Cross Roads. - 7. 4 If Only Atoms Would Fly Into Pieces. - 8 New Success for the Atomic Researchers. - 8. 1 The Old Dream of th e Alchemists. - 8. 2 The Father of the Race Protoactinium. - 8. 3 No Luck Without Service. - 8. 4 Applied Radiochemistry. - 8. 5 The Remarkable Year 1932. - 9 National Socialism-Night Falls on German Science. - 9. 1As Visiting Professor in America. - 9. 2 Hahn Practises Solidarity. - 9. 3 Commemoration for Fritz Haber. - 9. 4 Germ an Physics-Excels in the World. - 10 Dispute Over the 93rd Element. - 10. 1 Experiment in a Goldfish Pond. - 10. 2 In Honour of Mendeleev. - 10. 3 An Absurd Theory. - 10. 4 Elements 93949596. ad Infinitum?. - 10. 5 Lise Meitner in Exile. - 11 The Splitting of the Uranium Atom. - 11. 1 The Error Was Tackled with Heaven's Fire. - 11. 2 A St aggering Discovery. - 11. 3 200 Million Electron Volts. - 11. 4 Real American Exaggeration. - 11. 5 Indispensable Chain Reaction. - 11. 6 60th Birthday Celebratory Volume. - 11. 7 The False Thans-uranics. - 11. 8 Fantastic Energy. - 12 The Threat of Hitler's Atom Bomb. - 12. 1 A Memorable Conversation. - 12. 2 Orders to Report for the Atomic Researchers. - 12. 3 Heavy Water. - 12. 4 An Outsider. - 12. 5 The Bomb Will Not Explode. - 12. 6 Nuclear Physics as a Weapon. - 13 The American Super-Explosive U235. - 13. 1 Press Censorship. - 13. 2 An Historic Letter. - 13. 3 The Devil's Business is Done. - 13. 4 The Worries of General Groves. - 13. 5 Otto Hahn's Activities During the War. - 13. 6 The Last German War Secret. - 14 The Hunt for the Atomic Scientists. - 14. 1 The Alsos Mission Is on Target. - 14. 2 No Fraternisation '. - 14. 3 The Day of the Uranium Bomb' 6 August 1945. - 14. 4 A Difficult Decision. - 15 A World Full of Prejudice. - 15. 1 A Protest in Despair. - 15. 2 Uranium Is Like a Curse. - 15. 3 Nobel Prize Winner for Chemistry. - 15. 4 President of the Max Planck Gesellschaft. - 16 Atom Bomb Diplomacy. - 16. 1 A Piece of Good News. - 16. 2 Big Stick Politics. - 16. 3 No More Hiroshimas. - 17 In Conflict with Conscience and Politics. - 17. 1 Atomic Energy Literature Instead of Crime Novels. - 17. 2 Cobalt 60. - 17. 3 Declaration on Mainau Island. - 17. 4 InternationalAtomic Energy Conference. - 18 The Call of the Göttingen Eighteen. - 18. 1 Reduced to Silence Yet not Convinced. - 18. 2 A NATO Officer Blabs out of School. - 18. 3 The Gottingen Statement. - 18. 4 Unsuspecting Fools. - 18. 5 Ten Against Five. - 18. 6 An Incorrect Communique. - 19 Against Nuclear Weapon Experiments and Nuclear Balance. - 19. 1 Political Creeds. - 19. 2 Honours and Prizes. - 19. 3 A Departing President. - 19. 4 Last Journeys. - 19. 5 Atom Bombs Stop. - 19. 6 The Sun on t he Earth: The Resp onsibility of Science. - 20 Timetable. - 21 Sources and Pointers. - Translator's Notes on the Text. Language: English