Hitler's Atomic Bomb

Prof Mark Walker

18 June 2025, 5:00 pm (CEST)

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After the discovery of nuclear fission, scientists in several different countries, including National Socialist Germany, brought the potential military applications of fission to the attention of political and military authorities. This talk will examine the wartime German uranium project, which ran parallel to the American Manhattan Project. What the Germans did and did not understand about nuclear weapons, the effect of the war on the research, and the motivations of the scientists will all be examined.

Prof Mark Walker is the John Bigelow Professor of History at Union College in Schenectady, NY USA, where he teaches the history of science and technology and modern European history. He has recently published a book, Hitler’s Atomic Bomb: History, Legend, and the Twin Legacies of Auschwitz and Hiroshima (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2024). 

Please register under: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/M2U9EhU8TLWv1L6mdayS8Q or https://tinyurl.com/S4PseminarJune2025 

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