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Elemental Germans: Klaus Fuchs, Rudolf Peierls and the Making of British Nuclear Culture 1939-59 (2012)

Contributor(s): Laucht, Christoph (Author)

ISBN: 9780230354876

Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan

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Pub Date: May 15, 2012

Dewey: B

LCCN: 2012011158

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.90" H x 8.50" L x 5.50" W ( 1.05 lbs) 288 pages

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Description: Christoph Laucht offers the first investigation into the roles played by two German-born emigre atomic scientists, Klaus Fuchs and Rudolf Peierls, in the development of British nuclear culture, especially the practice of nuclear science and the political implications of the atomic scientists' work, from the start of the Second World War until 1959.

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'...this book is a valuable addition to the field of physics history and should interest British Cold War and science historians alike, particularly those investigating the history of nuclear weapons or the development of European scientific cooperation in the post-war period.'

- Martin Theaker, University of Cambridge

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