Werner Heisenberg — "I would say that I was absolutely convinced of the possibility of our making a u…"

I would say that I was absolutely convinced of the possibility of our making a uranium engine. but I never thought that we would make a bomb. and at the bottom of my heart. I was really glad that it was to be an engine.
Werner Heisenberg — Werner Heisenberg Modern · Quantum mechanics, uncertainty principle

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His personal feelings about the German nuclear program, distinguishing between a reactor ('engine') and a weapon ('bomb').

Date: August 1945 (Farm Hall transcripts)

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