XPost: sci.physics.relativity, talk.politics.misc   
   From: invalide@invalid.invalid   
      
   chine.bleu wrote:   
   > Gronk wrote:   
   >> c186282 wrote:   
   >>> BTW ... the NAZIs actually WERE eager to   
   >>> build atomic bombs.   
   >>>   
   >>> I suspect Heisenberg and a few others drafted   
   >>   
   >> There is no small amount of controversy of Heisenberg...   
   >   
   > Not really. Heisenberg and other Germans knew the potential but the   
   > purity required would be far beyond anything Germany could do. So they   
   > were lackadaisically pursuing electricity generation to reduce coal   
   > dependence.   
      
   Heisy was fully supportive of the nazi cause. It's not just   
   atomics. After the war he "flavored" his past on weapons   
   research. Then there's the "uranium burner" as a power source   
   with potential application for subs.   
      
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