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Talk
Talk — On Monday, 26 May 2025, Mark Walker (Union College) will give a talk at the Niels Bohr Archive History of Science Seminar. The talk is titled “History and Legend: Werner Heisenberg’s 1941 Visit with Niels Bohr in Occupied Copenhagen.”
Date & Time:
Place:
Auditorium A, Nierls Bohr Institute, Blegdamsvej 17, 2100 Copenhagen
Hosted by:
Niels Bohr Archive
Cost:
Free
Abstract: In September of 1941, Werner Heisenberg visited Niels Bohr in occupied Denmark and told him that he believed that atomic bombs were feasible and the Germans were working on them. According to the legend of Copenhagen, Heisenberg did this in order to gain Bohr’s help in convincing all physicists to not work on nuclear weapons. This talk will place this visit into the context of Heisenberg’s many foreign trips during the war in order to scrutinize both the legend and actual history of Copenhagen.
Mark Walker is the John Bigelow Professor of History at Union College in Schenectady, NY, USA, where he teaches modern European history and the history of science and technology.
More information: Please visit the webiste of the Niels Bohr Archive nbarchive.ku.dk.