![]() ![]() ![]() The mystery was probably also good for the world of theater as well since an existing transcript would serve to hinder the pursuit of drama. Fortunately, part of that history was the Nazis, so in the end not knowing exactly what the two men discussed was a good thing. Nevertheless, the house was being bugged so when Heisenberg arrived, Bohr invited him to go for a walk and thus a recording of every single word spoken was lost to history. Bohr was Jewish and living in Copenhagen. ![]() Heisenberg had once been a pupil of Bohr’s. The speculation involves what actually took place during meeting since neither ever revealed the full details. A secret meeting actually did place in 1941 between Niels Bohr (father of quantum physics) and the man charged by the Nazis with the task of creating an atomic bomb before the United States entered the war and ramped up the Allies' chances of getting there first. (That’s Werner Heisenberg…not Walter White’s Heisenberg.) The narrative is steeped in both historical fact and speculative fiction. Michael Frayn’s Copenhagen took home the Tony Award for Best Play in 2000: pretty heady company for a really heady play about quantum physics pitting Niels Bohr against Werner Heisenberg. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. ![]()
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