Test of greatness : Britain's struggle for the atom bomb /
By: Cathcart, Brian
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Publisher: London : Murray, 1994Description: xv, 301 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 25 cm.Content type: text | cartographic image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0719552257; 9780719552250 :.Subject(s): Atomic bomb -- Great Britain -- History | Atomic bomb -- History | Nuclear weapons Development | Great BritainDDC classification: 355.0217 Summary: Drawing on newly declassifed documents and the recollections of those who took part, this book illuminates the effort made to make Britain a nuclear power in the post-war period. It ranges over politics, diplomacy, espionage and science and tells the story of the scientist William Penney.
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Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 289-291.
Drawing on newly declassifed documents and the recollections of those who took part, this book illuminates the effort made to make Britain a nuclear power in the post-war period. It ranges over politics, diplomacy, espionage and science and tells the story of the scientist William Penney.