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Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker

German physicist (1912-2007) · Germany · Scientists · Died at 94

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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 Nazi Germany during the Second World War, under Werner Heisenberg's leadership.

A life in dates

2007Died28 April 20071989Templeton PrizeAwardTheodor Heuss AwardAward1988Sigmund Freud PrizeAward1987Messenger LecturesAward1983Heinrich Heine PrizeAward1980Ernst Hellmut Vits AwardAward1973Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyAward1970Austrian Decoration for Science and ArtAward1969Erasmus PrizeAward1963Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' AssociationAward1958Goethe Prize of the City of FrankfurtAward1957Max Planck MedalAward1912Born28 June 1912

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Awards

Templeton Prize1989
Theodor Heuss Award1989
Sigmund Freud Prize1988
Messenger Lectures1987
Heinrich Heine Prize1983
Ernst Hellmut Vits Award1980
Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany1973
Austrian Decoration for Science and Art1970
Erasmus Prize1969
Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association1963
Goethe Prize of the City of Frankfurt1958
Max Planck Medal1957
Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order
Honorary doctor of the Technical University of Berlin
Honorary Doctor of the University of Aberdeen
Honorary Doctor of the Leipzig University
Honorary Doctorate of the University of Basel
Fellow of the American Physical Society
Honorary Doctor of the University of Tübingen
Honorary Doctor of the RWTH Aachen University

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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 Nazi Germany during the Second World War, under Werner Heisenberg's leadership. There is ongoing debate as to whether or not he and the other members of the team actively and willingly pursued the development of a nuclear bomb for Germany during this time.

Country
Germany
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1912 to 2007 · aged 94

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