{"product_id":"heisenberg-in-the-atomic-age-science-and-the-public-sphere-paperback-9781107436954","title":"Heisenberg in the Atomic Age; Science and the Public Sphere (Paperback \/ softback) 9781107436954","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eHeisenberg in the Atomic Age\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eScience and the Public Sphere\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHeisenberg in the Atomic Age explores the transformations of science's public presence in the postwar Federal Republic of Germany.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCathryn Carson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107436954, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 21 August 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e566 pages, 10 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e23.4 x 15.6 x 3.2 cm, 0.86 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Carson succeeds magnificently in interrelating the scientific persona of the most famous physicist in post-war Germany with his role in the process of reshaping German science and society for a democratic political order. Heisenberg is a landmark study in how scientists can and should participate in building the Habermasian public sphere of rational discussion and critical reflection.' Norton Wise, University of California, Los Angeles\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe end of the Second World War opened a new era for science in public life. Heisenberg in the Atomic Age explores the transformations of science's public presence in the postwar Federal Republic of Germany. It shows how Heisenberg's philosophical commentaries, circulating in the mass media, secured his role as science's public philosopher, and it reflects on his policy engagements and public political stands, which helped redefine the relationship between science and the state. With deep archival grounding, the book tracks Heisenberg's interactions with intellectuals from Heidegger to Habermas and political leaders from Adenauer to Brandt. It also traces his evolving statements about his wartime research on nuclear fission for the National Socialist regime. Working between the history of science and German history, the book's central theme is the place of scientific rationality in public life - after the atomic bomb, in the wake of the Third Reich.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. Introduction: 1. Science and the public sphere\u003cbr\u003e 2. Tracking Heisenberg\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Culture: 3. The scientist as bildungsburger\u003cbr\u003e 4. Physics as philosophy\u003cbr\u003e 5. The culture of the vent\u003cbr\u003e 6. Bildung als konsumgut: dilemmas of the literary public sphere\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Politics: 7. Science, politics, and power: initial orientations\u003cbr\u003e 8. A new research system\u003cbr\u003e 9. Science policy in the atomic age\u003cbr\u003e 10. Expansion and uncertainty\u003cbr\u003e 11. Politics in the public sphere\u003cbr\u003e 12. Speaking of the Third Reich: denazification\u003cbr\u003e 13. Speaking of the Third Reich: war work\u003cbr\u003e 14. Speaking of the Third Reich: into the public sphere\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Scientific Reason in the Public Sphere: 15. The public reach of reason after 1945\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of science [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of science\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20science%20%5BPDX%5D%22\"\u003ePDX\u003c\/a\u003e], 20th century history: c 1900  to c 2000 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on 20th century history: c 1900  to c 2000\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%2220th%20century%20history:%20c%201900%20%20to%20c%202000%20%5BHBLW%5D%22\"\u003eHBLW\u003c\/a\u003e], European history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on European history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22European%20history%20%5BHBJD%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45909137981720,"sku":"9781107436954","price":42.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107436954i_57d222c8-d20e-47ed-81ae-fcc0442418be.jpg?v=1694486241","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/heisenberg-in-the-atomic-age-science-and-the-public-sphere-paperback-9781107436954","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}