Scientists in Power

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A small group of scientists in Paris was among the first in the world to take nuclear fission dead seriously. During one extraordinary year the team wrote a secret patent, sketched a workable device, and persuaded government and industry to underwrite their research. The year was 1939. The secret patent was a crude uranium bomb. The device was a nuclear reactor. Spencer Weart tells the astonishing story of how a few individuals at laboratory benches...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0674795156

ISBN13:9780674795150

Release Date:May 1979

Publisher:Harvard University Press

Length:343 Pages

Weight:1.64 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.4" x 9.5"

Related Subjects

History & Philosophy Nuclear Physics Physics Science Science & Math Science & Scientists Science & Technology

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