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Churchill's bomb : how the United States overtook Britain in the first nuclear arms race /

Describes how the science behind Britain's nuclear arms advances at the beginning of World War II was given to America because Winston Churchill didn't fully believe in the physicists' research or the implications of such powerful weaponry.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Farmelo, Graham
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Basic Books, [2013]
Subjects:
Churchill, Winston, > 1874-1965 > Military leadership.
Cherwell, Frederick Alexander Lindemann, > Viscount, > 1886-1957.
World War, 1939-1945 > Science > Great Britain.
Nuclear weapons > Great Britain.
Nuclear weapons > Government policy > Great Britain > History.
Atomic bomb > Great Britain > History.
Nuclear weapons > United States.
Great Britain > Military relations > United States.
United States > Military relations > Great Britain.
Description
Summary:Describes how the science behind Britain's nuclear arms advances at the beginning of World War II was given to America because Winston Churchill didn't fully believe in the physicists' research or the implications of such powerful weaponry.
Physical Description:554 pages ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0465021956
9780465021956