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Nuclear Dawn - F. E. Simon and the Race for Atomic Weapons in World War II (Hardcover) Loot Price: R1,505
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Nuclear Dawn - F. E. Simon and the Race for Atomic Weapons in World War II (Hardcover): Kenneth D. McRae

Nuclear Dawn - F. E. Simon and the Race for Atomic Weapons in World War II (Hardcover)

Kenneth D. McRae

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This book provides a rounded biography of Franz (later Sir Francis) Simon, his early life in Germany, his move to Oxford in 1933, and his experimental contributions to low temperature physics approximating absolute zero. After 1939 he switched his research to nuclear physics, and is credited with solving the problem of uranium isotope separation by gaseous diffusion for the British nuclear programme Tube Alloys. The volume is distinctive for its inclusion of source materials not available to previous researchers, such as Simon's diary and his correspondence with his wife, and for a fresh, well-informed insider voice on the five-power nuclear rivalry of the war years. The work also draws on a relatively mature nuclear literature to attempt a comparison and evaluation of the five nuclear rivals in wider political and military context, and to identify the factors, or groups of factors, that can explain the results.

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Imprint: Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: March 2014
First published: May 2014
Authors: Kenneth D. McRae (Professor Emeritus of Political Science)
Dimensions: 243 x 175 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 314
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-968718-3
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Science, technology & engineering
Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science
Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Nuclear structure physics
Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Weapons & equipment > Nuclear weapons
Books > Biography > Science, technology & engineering
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LSN: 0-19-968718-8
Barcode: 9780199687183

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