Which project was Walther Bothe a principal of during the 1930s?
The Reactor Project
The Uranverein Project
The Cyclotron Project
The Quantum Mechanics Project
Answer
The Uranverein Project was the Nazi German effort to develop nuclear weapons during World War II. It was led by Walther Bothe and included other scientists such as Werner Heisenberg and Otto Hahn. The project was unsuccessful, but it did help to lay the foundation for the development of nuclear weapons in the United States and the Soviet Union.
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After World War II, where was Bothe reinstated as a professor?
What position did Bothe hold in the Nuclear Physics Working Group in Germany from 1956 to 1957?
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Where was Walther Bothe a prisoner of war?
Which institute became the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics after Bothe's death?
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