Before the Fall-Out: From Marie Curie to Hiroshima

Front Cover
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Reviews
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Front Page
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Copyright
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Dedication
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CONTENTS......Page 7
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 9
PROLOGUE......Page 13
CHAPTER ONE - 'BRILLIANT IN THE DARKNESS'......Page 25
CHAPTER TWO - 'A RABBIT FROM THE ANTIPODES'......Page 47
CHAPTER THREE - FORCES OF NATURE......Page 68
CAPTER FOUR - 'MAKE PHYSICS BOOM'......Page 92
CHAPTER FIVE - DAYS OF ALCHEMY......Page 115
CHAPTER SIX - PERSECUTION AND PURGE......Page 139
CHAPTER SEVEN - 'WONDERFUL FINDINGS'......Page 169
CHAPTER EIGHT - 'WE MAY SLEEP FAIRLY COMFORTABLY IN OUR BEDS'......Page 193
CHAPTER NINE - A COLD ROOM IN BIRMINGHAM......Page 216
CHAPTER TEN - MAUD RAY KENT......Page 231
CHAPTER ELEVEN - 'HITLER'S SUCCESS COULD DEPEND ON IT'......Page 248
CHAPTER TWELVE - 'HE SAID "BOMB" IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS'......Page 266
CHAPTER THIRTEEN - 'WE'LL WIPE THE JAPS OUT OF THE MAPS'......Page 285
CHAPTER FOURTEEN - 'V.B. OK'......Page 297
CHAPTER FIFTEEN - 'THE BEST COUP'......Page 313
CHAPTER SIXTEEN - BEAUTIFUL AND SAVAGE COUNTRY......Page 322
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN - 'MR BAKER'......Page 343
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN - HEAVY WATER......Page 356
CHAPTER NINETEEN - BOON OR DISASTER?......Page 363
CHAPTER TWENTY - 'THIS THING IS GOING TO BE VERY BIG'......Page 389
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE - 'GERMANY HAD NO ATOMIC BOMB'......Page 401
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO - 'A PROFOUND PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPRESSION'......Page 414
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE - 'AN ELONGATED TRASH CAN WITH FINS'......Page 438
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR - 'IT'S HIROSHIMA'......Page 449
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE - 'MOTHER WILL NOT DIE'......Page 462
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX - 'A NEW FACT IN THE WORLD'S POWER POLITICS'......Page 474
EPILOGUE......Page 492
GLOSSARY......Page 517
NOTES AND SOURCES......Page 523
PICTURE CREDITS......Page 569
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 571
Back Cover......Page 581