
Nonfiction
Track this book
You choose which shelves are public. Progress and read dates stay yours.
About
"Copenhagen is a reimagining of the mysterious wartime meeting between two Nobel laureates to discuss the atomic bomb. In 1941 the German physicist Werner Heisenberg made a strange trip to Copenhagen to see his Danish counterpart, Niels Bohr. They were old friends and close colleagues, and they had revolutionized atomic physics in the 1920s with their work together on quantum mechanics and the uncertainty principle. But now the world had changed, and the two men were on opposite sides in a world war. The meeting was fraught with danger and embarrassment; it ended in disaster." "Why Heisenberg…
More by Michael Frayn
All booksMore like this
Reviews
Rating integrity
HealthyCounted ratings come from accounts older than 7 days and were made on or after publication. Finished readers weigh ×1.0. Readers who have not finished yet weigh ×0.5. Did-not-finish ratings are shown but not counted.
Editions
6 editions- Paperback · English · 2004Samuel French Inc Plays · 113 pages · 9780573627521
- Audiobook · English · 2000Plays on Disc · 118 pages · 9780970589309
- Other · English · 2003Copenhagen (Methuen Student Edition)Methuen Drama · 96 pages · 9780413773715
- Other · English · 2000Anchor Books · 132 pages · 9780385720793
- Other · English · 2000Methuen · 132 pages · 9780739409169
- Other · English · 1998Copenhagen (Methuen Drama (Series)Methuen Publishing, Ltd. · 116 pages · 9780413724908
Moral and ethical aspectsScienceNuclear physicsNuclear warfareDramaPhysicistsWorld War, 1939-1945Drama (dramatic works by one author)













