Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, German physicist and philosopher (died 2007)

Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker

German physicist (1912–2007)

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…