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Werner Heisenberg
Werner Heisenberg () was a German theoretical physicist and Nobel Prize winner.
Heisenberg was a main contributor to the German atomic program during World War II, in direct competition with the Manhattan Project.
In , he visited Niels Bohr in Copenhagen to discuss nuclear research. Nazi architect Albert Speer consulted Heisenberg about the possibility of turning the knowledge into a nuclear weapon. Heisenberg told Speer that a bomb could not be built before , and would require significant monetary and manpower resources. By the end of , it was apparent the German nuclear energy program would not end the war effort in the near term.
Instead, German scientists focused their efforts on more pressing matters which would have an immediate impact on the war.
In , the Manhattan Project established the Alsos Mission to investigate German progress in developing a nuclear weapon.
The United States took numerous German nuclear scientists into custody throughout and H
