Victor Frederick Weisskopf
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Image:VictorWeisskopft-LosAlamos.jpg Victor Frederick Weisskopf (September 19, 1908 – April 22, 2002) was an Austrian-American physicist. During World War II he worked at Los Alamos on the Manhattan Project to develop the atomic bomb, and later campaigned against the proliferation of nuclear weapons. Weisskopf was a co-founder and board member of the Union of Concerned Scientists.
Weisskopf was awarded the Max Planck medal in 1956.
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References
- V. Stefan (Editor). PHYSICS and SOCIETY. Essays in Honor of Victor Frederick Weisskopf by the International Community of Physicists. ISBN 1-56396-386-8
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Quotes
"Human existence is based upon two pillars: Compassion and knowledge. Compassion without knowledge is ineffective; knowledge without compassion is inhuman."
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External links
- National Academy of Sciences biography
- Annotated bibliography for Victor Weisskopf from the Alsos Digital Library
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