Speaker: Michael Wiescher, University of Notre Dame (USA)
Title: “Historical Developments and Moments in Nuclear Astrophysics”
Abstract: This talk will provide a historical analysis of the impact of academic nuclear physics in the 1930s on the US Manhattan Project from 1942 to 1945 and how it influenced the nuclear test program 1945-1970. I will also discuss the subsequent impact of the Manhattan Project towards the emergence of the Big Bang theory and the development of the field of Nuclear Astrophysics.