Heisenberg and the Atomic Bomb

As one of their most controversial scientists, Heisenberg was key in the Nazis' efforts to develop an atomic bomb. But how close was he to succeeding?

Cast List:

Dr Gerhard Rammer: Deutsches Technikmuseum

Shalina Patel: Historian 

Guy Walters: Author and Historian 

Dr. Mark Walker: Union College, New York 

Nigel Jones: Author and Historian 

Dr. Kathryn Olesko: Georgetown University

Dr. Magnus Brechtken: Leibniz Institute for Contemporary History

Gunhild Lurås: Norwegian Industrial Workers Museum 

Dr Katherine Sharp Landdeck: Texas Woman’s University 

Egidius Fechter: Atomkeller Museum

Eric Meyers: Narrator 

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