Elemental Germans Klaus Fuchs, Rudolf Peierls and the Making of British Nuclear Culture 1939-59
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.
Keywords
Political ScienceHistory & TheoryHistoryEuropeGreat BritainScienceWars & ConflictsWorld War IIModernPhysicsEducationTeaching
2012Book
Author(s)Christoph Laucht
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9780230354876
LanguageEnglish
