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Carl Friedrich Freiherr von Weizsäcker was a German physicist and philosopher. He was the longest-living member of the team which performed nuclear research in Germany during the Second World War, under Werner Heisenberg's leadership. There is ongoing debate as to whether or not he and the other … See more
Born in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, he was the grandson of Karl Hugo von Weizsäcker, the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Württemberg. His grandfather was ennobled in 1897 and raised to the hereditary nobility … See more
In 1938, Weizsäcker developed a theory on the formation of the Solar System, based on considerations regarding the unequal share of lighter and heavier elements in … See more
Weizsäcker was allowed to return to the part of Germany administered by the Western Allies in 1946, and became director of a … See more
• 1957 Max Planck Medal
• 1958 Goethe Prize of the city of Frankfurt am Main
• 1961 Pour le Mérite for Science and Art See moreWeizsäcker's special interests as a young researcher were the nuclear processes in stars and the binding energy of atomic nuclei. … See more
After nuclear fission became known in early 1939 through the work of Otto Hahn and Lise Meitner, Weizsäcker (and by his own estimate, 200 other … See more
Weizsäcker developed the theory of ur-alternatives (archetypal objects), publicized in his book Einheit der Natur (literal translation Oneness of Nature, 1971) and further developed through the 1990s. The theory axiomatically constructs quantum physics from … See more
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