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The Fly in the Cathedral : How A Small Group of Cambridge Scientists Won The Race to Split the Atom
The Fly in the Cathedral How A Small Group of Cambridge Scientists Won The Race to Split the Atom
Author: Brian Cathcart
"Cathcart tells this exhilarating story with both verve and precision" --The Sunday Telegraph — Re-creating the frustrations, excitements, and obsessions of 1932, the "miracle year" of British physics, Brian Cathcart reveals in rich detail the astonishing story behind the splitting of the atom. The most celebrated scientific experim...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780374157166
ISBN-10: 0374157162
Publication Date: 1/12/2005
Pages: 320
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Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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Excellent account of the first fission. Very readable for non-scientists
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