Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker: Pioneer of Physics, Philosophy, Religion, Politics and Peace Research (SpringerBriefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice Book 21)

This Book Offers A Collection Of Texts By Carl Friedrich Von Weizsaecker (1912-2007), A Major German Universal Scientist Who Was A Pioneer In Physics, Philosophy, Religion, Politics And Peace Research. He Started As An Assistant To The Physicist, Werner Heisenberg, Held Professorships In Theoretical Physics (strasbourg), Physics (goettingen) And Philosophy (hamburg) And Was A Co-director (with Juergen Habermas) Of A Max Planck Institute For Research Into Living Conditions In A World Of Science And Technology In Starnberg. This Unique Anthology Spans The Wide Scope Of His Innovative Thinking Including His Philosophical Self-reflections, On Peace, Nuclear Strategy, Security And Defensive Defense, On Nuclear Energy, On The Conditions Of Freedom, On His Experience Of Religion, Including Poetry From His Early Youth. Most Texts Appear In English For The First Time And Are Selected For Use In Seminars On Physics, Philosophy, Religion, Politics And Peace Research. Carl Friedrich Von Weizsäcker‘sautobiography In Reflexion - Soliloquy -- Major Publications Carl Friedrich Von Weizsäcker -- Research Into The Living Conditions In A World Of Science And Technology –thoughts On The Work Agenda -- Arms Race And Political Responsibility – About The Courage To Admit One’s Own Fear -- Limits To A Nuclear Economy -- New Chances For Peace After The End Of The Cold War - Conditions Of Freedom. Edited By Ulrich Bartosch. Front Matter....Pages i-xxviii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker’s Autobiography in Reflexion—Soliloquy....Pages 2-14 Major Publications of Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker....Pages 15-28 Front Matter....Pages 29-29 Research into the Living Conditions in a World of Science and Technology—Thoughts on the Work Agenda....Pages 30-53 Arms Race and Political Responsibility—About the Courage to Admit One’s Own Fear....Pages 54-66 Limits to a Nuclear Economy....Pages 67-72 New Chances for Peace After the End of the Cold War—Conditions of Freedom....Pages 73-83 Convocation of Christians—Peace—Justice—Integrity of Creation—Speech in Stuttgart in February 1989....Pages 85-91 Circle Walk....Pages 92-103 Historical Reflection, Reconstruction and Interpretation on Physics....Pages 105-118 Religion and the Perception of Reality—Experiencing Religion....Pages 119-137 Intimate Reflections—Verses from Youthful Years....Pages 139-142 Back Matter....Pages 143-166