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Elemental Germans

Elemental Germans

Klaus Fuchs, Rudolf Peierls and the Making of British Nuclear Culture 1939-59

by Christoph Laucht
Hardback
Publication Date: 15/05/2012
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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.
ISBN:
9780230354876
9780230354876
Category:
Political science & theory
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
15-05-2012
Language:
English
Publisher:
Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
288
Dimensions (mm):
216x140x20mm
Weight:
0.5kg

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International business The Cold War Business studies: general History of science Physics Second World War British & Irish history Impact of science & technology on society Political science & theory History: specific events & topics Nuclear weapons Teaching of a specific subject History: earliest times to present day Service industries Biography: general Education General & world history 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000
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