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1 online resource (554 pages) |
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Table of Contents; Prologue; 1. Towards the Nuclear Age; 2. World War II; 3. Churchill as Leader of the Opposition: July 1945 to October 1951; 4. Churhill's Second Premiership; Epilogues; Acknowledgments; References; Notes; Index |
| Summary |
Perhaps no scientific breakthrough has shaped the course of human history as much as the harnessing of the atom. Yet the twentieth century might have turned out entirely differently had this powerful technology stayed under the control of Great Britain, whose scientists spearheaded the Allies' nuclear arms program at the outset of World War II. As award-winning science historian Graham Farmelo reveals in Churchill's Bomb, Britain's supposedly visionary leader remained unconvinced of the potentially earth-shattering implications of his physicists' research. Churchill ultimately sha |
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Print version record |
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Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965
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Cherwell, Frederick Alexander Lindemann, Viscount, 1886-1957.
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Cherwell, Frederick Alexander Lindemann, Viscount, 1886-1957 fast |
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Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 fast |
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Prime ministers -- Great Britain -- Biography
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Science -- Great Britain
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Atomic bomb -- Great Britain
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HISTORY -- Military -- Other.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
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Atomic bomb
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Prime ministers
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Science
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Great Britain
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Electronic books
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collective biographies.
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Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780465069897 |
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0465069894 |
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