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Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker

1912 - 2007

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Carl Friedrich Freiherr von Weizsäcker (German: [kaʁl ˈfʁiːdʁɪç fɔn ˈvaɪtsɛkɐ] ; 28 June 1912 – 28 April 2007) 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 or not he and the other members of the team actively and willingly pursued the development of a nuclear bomb for Germany during this time. A member of the prominent Weizsäcker family, he was son of the diplomat Ernst von Weizsäcker, elder brother of the former German President Richard von Weizsäcker, father of the physicist and environmental researcher Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker and father-in-law of the former General Secretary of the World Council of Churches Konrad Raiser. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker is the 300th most popular physicist (down from 287th in 2019), the 1,075th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,114th in 2019) and the 41st most popular German Physicist.

Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker is most famous for being a German physicist and philosopher. He is also known for his peace activism and his involvement in the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker ranks 300 out of 851. Before him are Harry Daghlian, Abdul Qadeer Khan, Zhores Alferov, Carl von Linde, Samuel C. C. Ting, and Klaus Hasselmann. After him are Walter Kohn, Friedrich Hund, Henry Way Kendall, Yuri Oganessian, Anna Mani, and Freeman Dyson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker ranks 65. Before him are Salah al-Din al-Bitar, Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland, Lawrence Durrell, Salvador Luria, Otto Kretschmer, and Kim Sung-gan. After him are Abbé Pierre, Rodolfo Gucci, John Cheever, Sonny Boy Williamson II, Pat Nixon, and John Payne. Among people deceased in 2007, Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker ranks 46. Before him are Stanley Miller, Jane Wyman, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., Henri Troyat, Arawa Kimura, and Momofuku Ando. After him are Abbé Pierre, John Backus, Oscar Peterson, Gaston Thorn, Vladimir Kryuchkov, and Nobuo Matsunaga.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker ranks 1,075 out of 7,253. Before him are Maria Barbara Bach (1684), Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (1370), Alfred Naujocks (1911), John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg (1625), Klaus Hasselmann (1931), and Konrad Witz (1400). After him are Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel (1886), Uli Hoeneß (1952), Marian Gold (1954), Franz Ziereis (1905), W. G. Sebald (1944), and Franz, Duke of Bavaria (1933).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Germany

Among physicists born in Germany, Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker ranks 41. Before him are Theodor W. Hänsch (1941), Wolfgang Paul (1913), Klaus Fuchs (1911), Jack Steinberger (1921), Carl von Linde (1842), and Klaus Hasselmann (1931). After him are Friedrich Hund (1896), Rainer Weiss (1932), Christoph Scheiner (1575), Ludwig Prandtl (1875), John B. Goodenough (1922), and Walther Gerlach (1889).

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