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British Scientists and the Manhattan Project

The Los Alamos Years

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  • © 1992

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Authors:
  1. Ferenc Morton Szasz

    1. University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Background

    • Ferenc Morton Szasz
    Pages 1-15

  3. The British Mission at Los Alamos: The Scientific Dimension

    • Ferenc Morton Szasz
    Pages 16-31

  4. The British Mission at Los Alamos: The Social Dimension

    • Ferenc Morton Szasz
    Pages 32-45

  5. The Aftermath

    • Ferenc Morton Szasz
    Pages 46-55

  6. Varieties of the British Mission Experience

    • Ferenc Morton Szasz
    Pages 56-81

  7. The Strange Tale of Klaus Fuchs

    • Ferenc Morton Szasz
    Pages 82-96

  8. The British Mission and the Postwar Nuclear Culture

    • Ferenc Morton Szasz
    Pages 97-106

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 107-167
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During World War II, Franklin D.Roosevelt and Winston Churchill pooled their nations' resources in the race to beat the Germans to the secret of the atomic bomb. This book tells the story of the British scientists who journeyed to Los Alamos to help develop the world's first nuclear weapons.

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  • University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA

    Ferenc Morton Szasz

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