Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker: Major Texts on Politics and by Ulrich Bartosch

By Ulrich Bartosch

This ebook bargains a suite of texts through Carl Friedrich von Weizsaecker (1912-2007), an important German common scientist who used to be additionally a pioneer in physics, philosophy, faith on problems with politics and peace learn. He labored with Werner Heisenberg and Otto Hahn within the German “Uranverein”, got a patent for plutonium in the course of global battle II and used to be an opponent of the nuclear armament of the German defense force (1957). in addition, he released a research at the lack of ability to shield Germany (1971) that was once instrumental within the debate on shielding safety because the mid Seventies. He wrote on battle and peace, peace and fact, coverage implications of nuclear strength, on moral problems with sleek procedure, on results of struggle and conflict prevention and at the concept of strength. He coined the time period “world family coverage” which nonetheless covers a sound concept for political, institutional secured global peace within the atomic age.

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