Heisenberg in the atomic age : science and the public sphere / Cathryn Carson.

Washington, D.C. : German Historical Institute ; Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

xvi, 541 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Pt. I. Introduction -- 1. Science and the Public Sphere -- 2. Tracking Heisenberg -- Pt. II. Culture -- 3. Scientist as Bildungsburger -- 4. Physics as Philosophy -- 5. Culture of the Event -- 6. Bildung als Konsumgut: Dilemmas of the Literary Public Sphere -- Pt. III. Politics -- 7. Science, Politics, and Power: Initial Orientations -- 8. New Research System -- 9. Science Policy in the Atomic Age -- 10. Expansion and Uncertainty -- 11. Politics in the Public Sphere -- 12. Speaking of the Third Reich: Denazification -- 13. Speaking of the Third Reich: War Work -- 14. Speaking of the Third Reich: Into the Public Sphere -- Pt. IV. Scientific Reason in the Public Sphere -- 15. Public Reach of Reason after 1945.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 463-520) and index.