Paul Harteck | |
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Born | Paul Karl Maria Harteck 20 July 1902 |
Died | 22 January 1985 Santa Barbara, California, U.S. | (aged 82)
Alma mater | Humboldt University of Berlin |
Awards | Wilhelm Exner Medal 1961 |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physical chemistry |
Institutions | University of Breslau, |
Doctoral advisor | Max Bodenstein |
Paul Karl Maria Harteck (20 July 1902 – 22 January 1985) was an Austrian physical chemist. In 1945 under Operation Epsilon in "the big sweep" throughout Germany, Harteck was arrested by the allied British and American Armed Forces for suspicion of aiding the Nazis in their nuclear weapons program and he was incarcerated at Farm Hall, an English house fitted with covert electronic listening devices, for six months.