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

Laucht, Christoph

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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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2012-05-15

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230354876

DOI: 10.1057/9781137028334

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 288