>
>I agree that Heisenberg's contribution to quantum theory is cool and all
>(though I have my suspicion that Bohr had a lot to do with it)
I don't understand the relentless attempt to downgrade Heisenberg's scientific genius. All those guys collaberated and bounced ideas off each other. H had a lot to do with Bohr's work too. And "cool" trivilaizes his immortal contributions.
but the guy
>was a fascist dirtbag and his scientific work after Bohr was gone was
>second
>rate.
Most great physicists do their great work before they are 30. Einstein never did anything worth thinking about after GR.
He should have shared a cell with Speer instead of being rewarded with
>the appointment to the Max Planck Institute.
>
Speer ran Hitler's military-industrial establishment. Heiseinberg--at worst-- worked on an underfunded bomb project that wasn't going anywhere. The level of culpability is not remorely comprabale/
H was not a fascist. He was a right wing German nationalist who collaboratedw ith the Nazis, like a lot of the German General Staff.
Lots of great scientists have bad politics and were bad people. Newton was a nutcase and a sadist who, as Master of the Mint, participated in the torture of counterfieters ("coiners"); Lavoisier was a hated tax farmer who was guillotined for his oppression. That doesn't affect their science.
jks
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