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Volume 56, Issue 5, 426-450 (1939). Institutional citations: Niels Bohr, from the University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, was at The Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, when he collaborated with John Archibald Wheeler, at Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey. Received
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Siegfried Flügge: Exploiting Atomic Energy. From the Laboratory Experiment to the Uranium Machine – Research Results in Dahlem
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Siegfried Flügge: Exploiting Atomic Energy. From the Laboratory Experiment to the Uranium Machine – Research Results in Dahlem
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Mathematischen Hilfsmittel des Physikers (Mathematical Tools for the Physicist), Dritte vermehrte und verbesserte Auflage)
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Also in 1939, Flügge published two influential articles on the exploitation of nuclear energy. From then he worked on the
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Lehrbuch der Theoretischen Physik Band II - Klassische Physik I Mechanik Der Geordneten und Ungeordneten Bewegungen
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for evaluation. In 1971, the reports were declassified and returned to Germany. The reports are available at the
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Rechenmethoden der Quantentheorie. Dargestellt in Aufgaben und Lösungen. Erster Teil: Elementare Quantenmechanik.
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Die Ausnutzung der Atomenergie. Vom Laboratoriumsversuch zur Uranmaschine – Forschungsergebnisse in Dahlem
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On the detection and characteristics of the alkaline earth metals formed by irradiation of uranium with neutrons
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Die Ausnutzung der Atomenergie. Vom Laboratoriumsversuch zur Uranmaschine – Forschungsergebnisse in Dahlem
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The papers by Flügge on the exploitation of nuclear energy were an impetus for action. For example, the
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Rechenmethoden der Quantentheorie;Elementare Quantenmechanik - Dargestellt in Aufgaben und Lösungen
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Energetische Betrachtungen zu der Entstehung von Barium bei der Neutronenbestrahlung von Uran
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Energetische Betrachtungen zu der Entstehung von Barium bei der Neutronenbestrahlung von Uran
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Lehrbuch der Theoretischen Physik. Bd. III: Klassische Physik II. Das Maxwellsche Feld. Bln.
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in Hentschel, Klaus (Editor) and Ann M. Hentschel (Editorial Assistant and Translator)
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in Hentschel, Klaus (Editor) and Ann M. Hentschel (Editorial Assistant and Translator)
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on theoretical physics during the winter semester. From 1941, he was a lecturer at the
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Hentschel, Klaus (Editor) and Ann M. Hentschel (Editorial Assistant and Translator)
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Volume 27, Number 1, 11-15 (1939). The authors were identified as being at the
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Physical Evidence for the Division of Heavy Nuclei under Neutron Bombardment
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2 volumes. 230; 198 pages. (Office of Military Government for Germany, 1948)
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Lehrbuch der Theoretischen Physik (in 5 Bänden). Band 4: Quantentheorie I.
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German National Socialism and the Quest for Nuclear Power 1939–1949
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Nuclear Physics and Cosmic Rays: FIAT Review of German Science 1939-1946.
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No. 387, Supplement (15 August 1939). English translation: Document #74
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No. 387, Supplement (15 August 1939). English translation: Document #74
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Untersuchungen I und II über den Resonanzeinfang von Neutronen beim Uran
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Kann der Energieinhalt der Atomkerne technisch nutzbar gemacht werden?
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Kann der Energieinhalt der Atomkerne technisch nutzbar gemacht werden?
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Kann der Energieinhalt der Atomkerne technisch nutzbar gemacht werden?
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Disintegration of Uranium by Neutrons: a New Type of Nuclear Reaction
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Hentschel and Hentschel, 1996, Appendix F; see the entry for Flügge.
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Hentschel and Hentschel, 1996, Appendix F; see the entry for Flügge.
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Hentschel and Hentschel, 1996, Appendix F; see the entry for Flügge.
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Hentschel and Hentschel, 1996, Appendix F; see the entry for Flügge.
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Hentschel and Hentschel, 1996, Appendix F; see the entry for Flügge.
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From 1956 to 1984, Flügge was editor of the 54-volume, prestigious
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Stalin’s Captive: Nikolaus Riehl and the Soviet Race for the Bomb
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Theoretische Optik. Die Entwicklung einer physikalischen Theorie
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Physics and National Socialism: An Anthology of Primary Sources
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Physics and National Socialism: An Anthology of Primary Sources
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Physics and National Socialism: An Anthology of Primary Sources
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Hentschel and Hentschel, 1996, Appendix E; see the entry for
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Volume 4, 274–280 (1939). Received on 22 January 1939.
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Volume 4, 274–280 (1939). Received on 22 January 1939.
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Zur spontanene Spaltung von Uran und seinen nachbarelementen
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Der Einfluβ der Neutronen auf den inneren Aufbau der Sterne
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Hitler’s Uranium Club: The Secret Recording’s at Farm Hall
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From 1933 to 1935, he was a teaching assistant at the
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Handbuch der Physik, Band 1, Mathematische Methoden 1
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Volume 27, Issues 23/24, 402–410 (9 June 1939).
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on the technical use of nuclear energy from uranium,
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Academic staff of the Technical University of Munich
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Handbuch der Physik. Bd. 1. Mathematische Methoden 1
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Academic staff of the Humboldt University of Berlin
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Practical Quantum Mechanics - Volume 1 and Volume 2
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Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main
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Received 22 December 1938. 777:Siegfried Flügge and Gottfried von Droste 438:Siegfried Flügge and Gottfried von Droste 973: 621: 342:), an internal publication of the German 948: 866:Volume 27, Issues 23/24, 402-410 (1939). 829:Volume 27, Issues 23/24, 402-410 (1939). 395: 332:The following reports were published in 146:reporting they had detected the element 162:, who had in July of that year fled to 1072: 783:Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie B 768:. The paper is dated 17 January 1939. 487:(Wolfenbutteler-Verlags-Anstalt, 1948) 354:United States Atomic Energy Commission 132:In December 1938, the German chemists 719:Volume 58, Number 3, 263- 267 (1990). 94:. From 1937 to 1942, as successor to 928:Kernphysikalische Forschungsberichte 497:Siegfried Flügge and Hans Marschall 490:Siegfried Flügge and Hans Marschall 480:(Wolfenbüttler Verlagsanstalt, 1948) 445:Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie 375:Kurt Sauerwein and Siegfried Flügge 335:Kernphysikalische Forschungsberichte 224:had a substantial amount of “waste” 68:Georg-August University of Göttingen 1061:The Atomkeller-Museum at Haigerloch 757:, Volume 143, Number 3616, 276-276 736:, Volume 143, Number 3615, 239-240 555:Wege und Ziele der modernen Physik. 340:Research Reports in Nuclear Physics 297:Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg 13: 713:Lise Meitner’s Escape from Germany 698:Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Chemie 596:Schlögl, Friedrich (August 1998). 327: 232:. After reading Flügge’s paper in 205:(literally uranium machine, i.e., 108:Max Planck Institute for Chemistry 104:Kaiser-Wilhelm Institut für Chemie 14: 1146: 1054: 492:Rechenmethoden Der Quantentheorie 358:Karlsruhe Nuclear Research Center 636:Siegfried Flügge, Dissertation: 288:Carnegie Institute of Technology 201:on the theoretical basis of the 64:Dresden University of Technology 1135:Nuclear program of Nazi Germany 975:10.1090/S0002-9904-1958-10144-5 933: 920: 905: 896: 887: 878: 869: 850: 832: 813: 788: 771: 435:(Birkhäuser, 1996) pp 197–206. 284:University of Wisconsin–Madison 1100:University of Göttingen alumni 1090:20th-century German physicists 810:(Birkhäuser, 1996) pp 197-206. 743: 728:Lise Meitner and O. R. 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Wheeler 362:American Institute of Physics 263:Humboldt University of Berlin 255:Technische Hochschule München 195:Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker 187:German nuclear energy project 123:Technische Hochschule München 98:, Flügge was an assistant to 60:Technische Hochschule Dresden 44:German nuclear energy project 26:– 15 December 1997, in 939:Walker, 1993, 268–274. 914:Siegfried Flügge (1912-1997) 840:Mechanism of nuclear fission 598:"Obituary: Siegfried Flügge" 279:Philipps-Universität Marburg 228:from which it had extracted 53: 16:German physicist (1912–1997) 7: 800:Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung 717:American Journal of Physics 576:Practical Quantum Mechanics 425:Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung 400: 10: 1151: 884:Riehl and Seitz, 1996, 13. 684:O. Hahn and F. Strassmann 292:Carnegie Mellon University 170:. Meitner, and her nephew 34:who made contributions to 569:Wege und Ziele der Physik 383: 77: 582: 453: 294:). Later, he was at the 270:University of Königsberg 209:). Flügge also extended 1095:Scientists from Dresden 863:Die Naturwissenschaften 826:Die Naturwissenschaften 764:23 January 2009 at the 571:(Springer-Verlag, 1974) 557:(Schulz Freiburg, 1969) 543:(Springer Verlag, 1965) 515:(Springer Verlag, 1956) 508:(Springer Verlag, 1955) 501:(Springer-Verlag, 1952) 494:(Springer Verlag, 1952) 413:Die Naturwissenschaften 379:G-185 (28 January 1942) 372:G-140 (27 January 1942) 318:Encyclopedia of Physics 234:Die Naturwissenschaften 469:and Siegfried Flügge. 396:Selected publications 140:sent a manuscript to 92:University of Leipzig 32:theoretical physicist 1021:Riehl, Nikolaus and 180:Gottfried von Droste 1004:(Copernicus, 2001) 694:Naturwissenschaften 614:1998PhT....51h..77S 306:Handbuch der Physik 286:and in 1953 at the 143:Naturwissenschaften 48:Handbuch der Physik 42:. He worked on the 22:(16 March 1912, in 1043:(Cambridge, 1993) 1018:(Birkhäuser, 1996) 1000:Bernstein, Jeremy 759:(18 February 1939) 738:(11 February 1939) 172:Otto Robert Frisch 856:Siegfried Flügge 819:Siegfried Flügge 794:Siegfried Flügge 574:Siegfried Flügge 567:Siegfried Flügge 560:Siegfried Flügge 553:Siegfried Flügge 546:Siegfried Flügge 539:Siegfried Flügge 532:Siegfried Flügge 525:Siegfried Flügge 518:Siegfried Flügge 511:Siegfried Flügge 504:Siegfried Flügge 483:Siegfried Flügge 476:Siegfried Flügge 419:Siegfried Flügge 406:Siegfried Flügge 368:Siegfried Flügge 166:and then went to 150:after bombarding 88:Werner Heisenberg 62:(after 1961, the 1142: 988: 987: 977: 950:Franklin, Philip 946: 940: 937: 931: 924: 918: 909: 903: 900: 894: 891: 885: 882: 876: 873: 867: 854: 848: 836: 830: 817: 811: 792: 786: 775: 769: 747: 741: 726: 720: 707: 701: 682: 676: 673: 667: 664: 658: 655: 649: 634: 628: 627: 625: 623:10.1063/1.882353 593: 578:(Springer, 1998) 564:(Springer, 1971) 550:(Springer, 1967) 536:(Springer, 1964) 529:(Springer, 1961) 522:(Springer, 1961) 352:and sent to the 314: 251:Rudolf Tomaschek 222:Auergesellschaft 199:Fritz Houtermans 138:Fritz Strassmann 20:Siegfried Flügge 1150: 1149: 1145: 1144: 1143: 1141: 1140: 1139: 1070: 1069: 1057: 1023:Frederick Seitz 997: 992: 991: 947: 943: 938: 934: 925: 921: 911:Karen Rae Keck 910: 906: 901: 897: 892: 888: 883: 879: 874: 870: 855: 851: 837: 833: 818: 814: 793: 789: 776: 772: 766:Wayback Machine 748: 744: 727: 723: 710:Ruth Lewin Sime 708: 704: 683: 679: 674: 670: 665: 661: 656: 652: 635: 631: 594: 590: 585: 456: 403: 398: 386: 350:Operation Alsos 330: 328:Internal report 322:Springer-Verlag 320:) published by 308: 243:Heereswaffenamt 215:J. 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Index

Dresden
Hinterzarten
theoretical physicist
nuclear physics
nuclear weapons
German nuclear energy project
Dresden University of Technology
Georg-August University of Göttingen
Max Born
Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main
Werner Heisenberg
University of Leipzig
Max Delbrück
Otto Hahn
Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Berlin-Dahlem
Habilitation
Technical University of Munich
Otto Hahn
Fritz Strassmann
Naturwissenschaften
barium
uranium
neutrons
Lise Meitner
The Netherlands
Sweden
Otto Robert Frisch
nuclear fission
Gottfried von Droste

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