Wartime Nuclear Weapons Research in Germany and Japan
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3924915 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Walter E Grunden (Bowling Green State University, corresponding author), Mark Walker (0000-0002-0507-1954), Masakatsu Yamazaki |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Pages | 107-130 |
| Publication date | 2005-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Osiris (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0369-7827 • E-ISSN: 1933-8287 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/649415 |
| PMID | 20503760 |
| OpenAlex | W2000639340 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
This article compares military research projects during the Second World War to develop nuclear weapons in Germany and Japan, two countries who lost the war and failed to create nuclear weapons. The performance and motivations of the scientists, as well as the institutional support given the work, is examined, explaining why, in each case, the project went as far as it did-but no further. The story is carried over into the postwar period, when the two cultures and their scientists had to deal with the buildup of nuclear weapons during the cold war and the new nuclear power industry
Cold war · Economic history · Nuclear engineering · Nuclear industry · Nuclear physics · Nuclear power · Nuclear warfare · Nuclear weapon · Physics · Political science · Politics · World War II · Engineering · History · Law · Nuclear Issues and Defense · Philosophy · Twentieth Century Scientific Developments
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |