Talk:James Franck
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 |
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography. For more information, visit the project page. | ||
| Start | This article has been rated as start-Class on the project's quality scale. [FAQ] | ||
 |
This article is supported by the Science and academia work group. | ||
 |
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Physics, which collaborates on articles related to physics. |
| Start | This article has been rated as Start-Class on the assessment scale. |
| ??? | This article has not yet received an importance rating within physics. |
|
Help with this template This article has been rated but has no comments. If appropriate, please review the article and leave comments here to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the article and what work it will need. |
|
On the German page about Franck, it says that he married Hertha Sponer in 1944. This would apparently contradict the statement that he left Germany in 1933, "because his wife, Hertha Sponer, was unable to teach in Germany anymore because she was a woman". Instead it says that Franck was Jewish, and in Germany the anti-Jewish "Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service" was passed.
Also interesting (I find): In WW I, Franck volunteered as a soldier and was seriousy wounded by a gas attack, which brought him a military medal.
Finally the motivations of the Franck report are described on the German page as: he had ethical doubts about his work on the nuclear bomb, which lead him to work together with other scientists on a report to fight against the use of nuclear weapons on Japan.
I don't know, which page is right, but I believe these are contradictions, which should be fixed on either of them.
Klaus
He left Germany in protest of Nazi laws which laid off his colleagues. Franck himself, although a Jew, was exempt because of his service in World War I. He resigned and left Germany both in protest and anticipation of the day that his service would no longer protect him.
Wannabesurfer 00:27, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
