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1 هدف و شرح کلی گلچین هدف از این گلچین معرفی عموم انگلیسی زبان با طیف وسیعی از متون است که عمدتاً توسط فیزیکدانان نوشته شده است و نقش واقعی و درک شده فیزیک را در دولت نازی به تصویر می کشد. تاکنون هیچ سند گسترده و متعادلی از فیزیک آلمانی در این مدت به زبان انگلیسی در دسترس نبوده است، علیرغم نقش مهمی که فیزیک هم از نظر سیاسی (مثلاً در برنامه ریزی تسلیحات) و هم از نظر ایدئولوژیک (مثلاً در مناقشه بر سر ارزش نظری ایفا کرده است). ("یهودی") در مقابل فیزیک تجربی ("آریایی")، و حتی اگر چهره های برجسته ای مانند آلبرت انیشتین، دانشمند فیلسوف و مهاجر و ورنر هایزنبرگ، فیزیکدان هسته ای جنجالی، به نام های شناخته شده تبدیل شده اند. این مجموعه تلاش خواهد کرد تا با ارائه اسناد معاصر و گزارش های شاهدان عینی توسط خود فیزیکدانان، این شکاف را پر کند. نویسندگانی انتخاب شدند تا نظرات و تخصصهای مختلف سیاسی را در جامعه فیزیک نشان دهند، و برخی از متون قابل دسترس فیزیکدانان برجسته (مانند انیشتین، هایزنبرگ، لنارد) را به نفع متون کمتر شناخته شده اما با این وجود مهم حذف کردند. ه.، فینکلنبورگ، مکس وین، رامسوئر). به این ترتیب ما امیدواریم که نه تنها رویکرد محدود «مردان بزرگ» به تاریخ را دور بزنیم، بلکه تصویری وسیعتر از فعالیتها و درگیریهای درون میدانی و تأثیرات نیروهای سیاسی اعمال شده بر آنها ارائه دهیم.
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Front Matter....Pages i-ci
Albert Einstein: My Reply. On the Anti-Relativity Theoretical Co., Ltd. [August 27, 1920]....Pages 1-5
Max von Laue: Review of Johannes Stark’s ‘The Current Crisis in German Physics’ [January 12, 1923]....Pages 6-7
Philipp Lenard & Johannes Stark: The Hitler Spirit and Science [May 8, 1924]....Pages 7-10
Albert von Brunn: Review of ‘100 Authors against Einstein’ [March 13, 1931]....Pages 10-16
Lise Meitner: Letter to Otto Hahn [March 21, 1933]....Pages 17-18
Albert Einstein: Letters to the Prussian Academy of Sciences and the Academy’s Response [March 28-April 5, 1933]....Pages 18-21
Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service [April 7, 1933]....Pages 21-24
First Ordinance on the Implementation of the Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service [April 11, 1933]....Pages 25-26
Voluntary Resignation of Prof. James Franck [April 17, 1933]....Pages 26-31
Edith Hahn: Letter to James and Ingrid Franck [April 22, 1933]....Pages 31-32
Göttingen University Lecturers: Professor Franck’s Resignation [April 24, 1933]....Pages 32-34
Law against the Overcrowding of German Schools and Universities [April 25, 1933]....Pages 34-36
Wolfgang Köhler: Conversations in Germany [April 28, 1933]....Pages 36-40
The Spirit at Universities [April 28, 1933]....Pages 40-43
Fritz Haber: Letter of Resignation to the Prussian Minister of Sciences, Arts and Culture Rust [April 30, 1933]....Pages 44-45
James Franck: Letter to Walther Gerlach [May 3, 1933]....Pages 45-46
Third Ordinance on the Implementation of the Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service [May 6, 1933]....Pages 46-49
Philipp Lenard: A Big Day for Science. Johannes Stark Appointed President of the Reich Physical and Technical Institute [May 13, 1933]....Pages 49-52
Max von Laue: The Change in the Reich Physical and Technical Institute Presidency in the Spring of 1933....Pages 53-54
Hans Kopfermann: Letter to Niels Bohr [May 23, 1933]....Pages 54-59
The Scientific Situation in Germany [June 2, 1933]....Pages 59-61
Werner Heisenberg: Letter to Max Born [June 2, 1933]....Pages 61-63
Carl Bosch: Letter to Fritz Haber [June 16, 1933]....Pages 63-63
Fritz Haber: Letter to Carl Bosch, June 22, 1933....Pages 63-65
Governor of Hessen Jakob Sprenger: Dismissal of Prof. George Jaffé from the Civil Service [June 26, 1933]....Pages 66-66
Sir Joseph John Thomson: Letter to George Jaffé [July 18, 1933]....Pages 67-67
Max von Laue: Opening Address at the Physics Conference in Würzburg [September 18, 1933]....Pages 67-71
Johannes Stark: Organization of Physical Research [September 18, 1933]....Pages 71-76
Max von Laue: Fritz Haber † [February 16, 1934]....Pages 76-79
Kaiser Wilhelm Society: Record of a Conference Regarding the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Physics [June 22, 1934]....Pages 79-82
Max von Laue: On Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Relations and their Epistemological Significance [June 29, 1934]....Pages 82-86
Johannes Stark: Personal Evaluations of Gustav Hertz and Richard Gans for the German University Lecturers Association [November 8, 1934]....Pages 86-87
Gustav Mie: Letter to Max von Laue [November 20, 1934]....Pages 87-89
Max von Laue: Letter to Gustav Mie [November 22, 1934]....Pages 89-91
Max Wien: Physics at German Universities [Late November 1934]....Pages 91-95
Law on the Retirement and Transfer of Professors as a Result of the Reorganization of the German System of Higher Education [January 21, 1935]....Pages 96-97
Martin Nordmeyer: Letter to Lise Meitner [May 21, 1935]....Pages 97-98
Max Planck: Progress Report by the Kaiser Wilhelm Society for the Advancement of the Sciences (April 1934 to the End of March 1935) [June 28, 1935]....Pages 98-99
Philipp Lenard: Foreword to ‘German Physics’ [August 1935]....Pages 100-109
Johannes Stark: Philipp Lenard: An Aryan Scientist. Speech at the Inauguration of the Philipp Lenard Institute in Heidelberg [December 13, 1935]....Pages 109-116
Nazi-Socialism and International Science [December 14, 1935]....Pages 116-118
Willi Menzel: German Physics and Jewish Physics [January 29, 1936]....Pages 119-121
Werner Heisenberg: On the Article: ‘German and Jewish Physics’ [February 28, 1936]....Pages 121-124
Johannes Stark: Comment on W. Heisenberg’s Reply [February 28, 1936]....Pages 124-127
Max von Laue: Review of Philipp Lenard’s ‘German Physics’ [February 29, 1936]....Pages 127-129
Ernst Gehrcke: How the Energy Distribution of Black-Body Radiation Was Really Found [April 3, 1936]....Pages 130-133
Peter Debye: Comment on the Preceding Article by E. Gehrcke: ‘How the Energy Distribution of Black-Body Radiation Was Really Found’ [May 4, 1936]....Pages 133-134
Peter A. Thiessen: Physical Chemistry in the National Socialist State [May 9, 1936]....Pages 134-137
Werner Heisenberg, Hans Geiger & Max Wien. Petition [Spring 1936]....Pages 137-140
Reich Education Ministry: Memorandum to Reich Education Minister Bernhard Rust [October 2, 1936]....Pages 140-141
Germany and the Nobel Prizes [February 12, 1937]....Pages 141-143
Bernhard Rust: Creation of a Research Council [March 16, 1937]....Pages 143-145
Reich Ministry of Science, Education and Culture: The Taking of a Doctorate by Jews of German Nationality [April 15, 1937]....Pages 145-146
Peter Debye: The Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Physics [April 23, 1937]....Pages 146-151
‘White Jews’ in Science [July 15, 1937]....Pages 152-157
Johannes Stark: ‘Science’ is Politically Bankrupt [July 15, 1937]....Pages 157-160
Friedrich Hund: Letter to Reich Minister Rust [July 20, 1937]....Pages 160-161
Carl Krauch: Youth to the Front Line. New Blood in Science and Technology [August 1937]....Pages 161-168
Fritz Heyer: Review of Erich Günther’s Military Physics. A Handbook for Teachers [April 18, 1938]....Pages 168-169
Carl Bosch: Letter to Reich Minister of the Interior Wilhelm Frick [May 20, 1938]....Pages 170-171
Reich Interior Ministry: Letter to Carl Bosch [June 16, 1938]....Pages 171-171
Ludwig Prandtl: Letter to Heinrich Himmler [July 12, 1938]....Pages 172-175
Heinrich Himmler: Letter to Reinhard Heydrich [July 21, 1938]....Pages 175-176
Heinrich Himmler: Letter to Werner Heisenberg [July 21, 1938]....Pages 176-177
Heinrich Himmler: Letter to Ludwig Prandtl [July 21, 1938]....Pages 177-178
Reich Ministry of Science, Education and Culture: Memorandum to State Secretary Otto Wacker [October 3, 1938]....Pages 178-181
Peter Debye: Letter to the board of the German Physical Society and enclosed draft letter to the German members [December 2 & 8, 1938]....Pages 181-182
German Physical Society: Minutes of the Meeting of December 14, 1938 [December 14, 1938]....Pages 182-183
Percy W. Bridgman: ‘Manifesto’ by a Physicist [February 24, 1939]....Pages 184-186
Ludwig Prandtl: Mechanics [c. April 1939]....Pages 186-188
Hans Geiger: Experimental Physics [c. April 1939]....Pages 189-192
Abraham Esau: Technical Physics [c. April 1939]....Pages 193-194
SS Head of the Central Office of Public Safety: Letter to Rudolf Mentzel enclosing Report on Heisenberg [May 26, 1939]....Pages 195-197
Siegfried Flügge: Exploiting Atomic Energy. From the Laboratory Experiment to the Uranium Machine — Research Results in Dahlem [August 15, 1939]....Pages 197-206
Erich Schumann: Armed Forces and Research [1939]....Pages 207-220
Max Planck: Max von Laue. For the 9th of October 1939. [October 6, 1939]....Pages 220-222
Ludwig Glaser: Jews in Physics: Jewish Physics [November 1939]....Pages 223-234
Philipp Lenard: Foreword to ‘Ideological Continental Blockade’ [February 1, 1940]....Pages 234-235
Contract between the Army Ordnance Office and the Kaiser Wilhelm Society for the Advancement of the Sciences [March 6, 1940]....Pages 235-238
Bernhard Rust: Letter to the Army High Command [March 15, 1940]....Pages 238-239
Ernst Telschow: Foreword to Yearbook of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society for the Advancement of the Sciences [August 1940]....Pages 239-239
Hans-Joachim Flechtner: Where does German Physics Stand Today? A Wartime Conference in Berlin [September 8, 1940]....Pages 240-246
Wilhelm Müller: The State of Theoretical Physics at Universities [November 1940]....Pages 246-259
Ludwig Prandtl: Letter to Reich Marshal Hermann Göring [April 28, 1941]....Pages 259-261
Ludwig Prandtl: Attachment to the Letter to Reich Marschal Hermann Göring [April 28, 1941]....Pages 261-266
Carl Ramsauer: Letter to Ludwig Prandtl [June 4, 1941]....Pages 267-268
Pascual Jordan: Revolution in Science [September 1941]....Pages 268-275
Carl Ramsauer: Letter to Ludwig Prandtl [October 31, 1941]....Pages 275-276
Walter Weizel: Review of ‘Jewish and German Physics’ [January 1942]....Pages 276-277
Carl Ramsauer: Letter to Bernhard Rust [January 20, 1942]....Pages 278-281
Carl Ramsauer: American Physics Outdoes German Physics [January 20, 1942]....Pages 281-284
Carl Ramsauer: Refuting Allegations that Modern Theoretical Physics is a Product of the Jewish Spirit [January 20, 1942]....Pages 285-289
Carl Ramsauer: The Munich Conciliation and Pacification Attempt [January 20, 1942]....Pages 290-292
Ludwig Prandtl: Letter to Carl Ramsauer [January 28, 1942]....Pages 292-293
Werner Heisenberg. The Theoretical Basis for the Generation of Energy from Uranium Fission [February 26, 1942]....Pages 294-301
Georg Dietrich Graue: Letter to Albert Vögler [March 13, 1942]....Pages 301-301
Albert Vögler: Foreword to ’Yearbook of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society for the Advancement of the Sciences [after March 31, 1942]....Pages 302-302
The Führer’s Decree on the Reich Research Council [June 9, 1942]....Pages 303-303
Hermann Göring et al.: Record of a Conference Regarding the Reich Research Council, July 6, 1942....Pages 304-308
Hans Feitl: War Physics. Specific Weight ‘Zero’. Submarine Diving Conditions [May 30, 1943]....Pages 309-311
Paul Karlson: War Physics. Dropping Bombs. Wind Tunnel Tests [May 30, 1943]....Pages 311-314
Carl Ramsauer: The Key Position of Physics in Science, Technology and Armament [June 18, 1943]....Pages 315-320
Abraham Esau: Memorandum on the Budget of the Plenipotentiary of Nuclear Physics Research [November 19, 1943]....Pages 321-322
Kurt Diebner: Listing of Nuclear Research Commissions Enclosed with a Letter to the President of the Reich Research Council [April 18, 1944]....Pages 322-324
A[braham]. Esau [July 16, 1944]....Pages 324-327
Heinrich Himmler: Letter to Albert Speer [August 3, 1944]....Pages 327-329
Walther Gerlach: Letter to Reich Party Leader Martin Bormann [December 16, 1944]....Pages 329-331
Lise Meitner: Letter to Otto Hahn [June 27, 1945]....Pages 332-334
Alvin M. Weinberg & Lothar W. Nordheim: Memorandum [November 8, 1945]....Pages 334-339
Wolfgang Finkelnburg: The Fight against Party Physics [c. 1946]....Pages 339-345
Samuel A. Goudsmit: War Physics in Germany [January 1946]....Pages 345-352
Samuel A. Goudsmit: German Scientists in Arm Employment I—The Case Analyzed [February 1947]....Pages 352-356
Hans A. Bethe & Henri S. Sack: German Scientists in Army Employment II—A Protest [February 1947]....Pages 356-359
Max Planck: My Audience with Adolf Hitler [May 6, 1947]....Pages 359-361
Werner Heisenberg: Research in Germany on the Technical Application of Atomic Energy [August 16, 1947]....Pages 361-379
Samuel A. Goudsmit: Nazis’ Atomic Secrets. The Chief of a Top-Secret U.S. Wartime Mission Tells How and Why German Science Failed in the International Race to Produce the Bomb [October 20, 1947]....Pages 379-392
Max von Laue: The Wartime Activities of German Scientists [April 1948]....Pages 393-395
Philip Morrison: A Reply to Dr. von Laue [April 1948]....Pages 396-397
Samuel A. Goudsmit: Our Task in Germany [April 1948]....Pages 397-400
Lise Meitner: Letter to Otto Hahn [June 6, 1948]....Pages 400-402
Walther Gerlach: Affidavit on Rudolf Mentzel [December 13, 1948]....Pages 403-406
Back Matter....Pages I-CIV
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1 Aim and General Description of the Anthology The purpose of this anthology is to introduce the English speaking public to the wide spectrum of texts authored predominently by physicists portraying the ac tual and perceived role of physics in the Nazi state. Up to now no broad and well balanced documentation of German physics during this time has been available in English, despite the significant role physics has played both politically (e. g. , in weaponry planning) and ideologically (e. g. , in the controversy over the value of theoretical ('Jewish') vs. experimental ('Aryan') physics), and even though prominent figures like the scientist-philosopher and emigre Albert Einstein and the controversial nuclear physicist Werner Heisenberg have become household names. This anthology will attempt to bridge this gap by presenting contempo rary documents and eye-witness accounts by the physicists themselves. Authors were chosen to represent the various political opinions and specialties within the physics community, omitting some of the more readily accessible texts by leading physicists (e. g. , Einstein, Heisenberg, Lenard) in favor of those by less well-known but nonetheless important figures (e. g. , Finkelnburg, Max Wien, Ramsauer). In this way we hope not only to circumvent the constricted 'Great Men' approach to history but also to offer a broader picture of the activities and conflicts within the field and the effects of the political forces exerted upon them.