2013, ISBN: 0571249787

[EAN: 9780571249787], usado, muito bom estado, [SC: 3.88], [PU: Faber & Faber, United Kingdom, London], GRAHAM FARMELO CHURCHILL'S BOMB, Churchill's Bomb - from the author of the Costa a… More...

[EAN: 9780571249787], usado, muito bom estado, [SC: 3.88], [PU: Faber & Faber, United Kingdom, London], GRAHAM FARMELO CHURCHILL'S BOMB, Churchill's Bomb - from the author of the Costa award-winning biography The Strangest Man - reveals a new aspect of Winston Churchill's life, so far completely neglected by historians: his relations with his nuclear scientists, and his management of Britain's policy on atomic weapons. Churchill was the only prominent politician to foresee the nuclear age and he played a leading role in the development of the Bomb during World War II. He became the first British Prime Minister with access to these weapons, and left office following desperate attempts during the Cold War to end the arms race. Graham Farmelo traces the beginnings of Churchill's association with nuclear weapons to his unlikely friendship with H. G. Wells, who coined the term 'atomic bombs'. In the 1930s, when Ernest Rutherford and his brilliant followers, such as Chadwick and Cockcroft, gave Britain the lead in nuclear research, Churchill wrote several widely read newspaper articles on the huge implications of their work. British physicists, in 1940, first showed that the Bomb was a practical possibility. But Churchill, closely advised by his favourite scientist, the controversial Frederick Lindemann, allowed leadership to pass to the US, where the Manhattan Project made the Bomb a terrible reality. British physicists played only a minor role in this vast enterprise, while Churchill ignored warnings from the scientist Niels Bohr that the Anglo-American policy would lead to a post-war arms race. After the war, the Americans reneged on personal agreements between Roosevelt and Churchill to share research. Clement Attlee, in a fateful decision, ordered the building of a British Bomb to maintain the country's place among the great powers. Churchill inherited it and ended his political career obsessed with the threat of thermonuclear war. Churchill's Bomb is an original and controversial book, full of political and scientific personalities and intrigues, which reveals a little-known side of Britain's great war-leader. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged., Books<

2013, ISBN: 0571249787

[EAN: 9780571249787], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Faber & Faber, United Kingdom, London], GRAHAM FARMELO CHURCHILL'S BOMB, Churchill's Bomb - from the author of the Costa award-wi… More...

[EAN: 9780571249787], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Faber & Faber, United Kingdom, London], GRAHAM FARMELO CHURCHILL'S BOMB, Churchill's Bomb - from the author of the Costa award-winning biography The Strangest Man - reveals a new aspect of Winston Churchill's life, so far completely neglected by historians: his relations with his nuclear scientists, and his management of Britain's policy on atomic weapons. Churchill was the only prominent politician to foresee the nuclear age and he played a leading role in the development of the Bomb during World War II. He became the first British Prime Minister with access to these weapons, and left office following desperate attempts during the Cold War to end the arms race. Graham Farmelo traces the beginnings of Churchill's association with nuclear weapons to his unlikely friendship with H. G. Wells, who coined the term 'atomic bombs'. In the 1930s, when Ernest Rutherford and his brilliant followers, such as Chadwick and Cockcroft, gave Britain the lead in nuclear research, Churchill wrote several widely read newspaper articles on the huge implications of their work. British physicists, in 1940, first showed that the Bomb was a practical possibility. But Churchill, closely advised by his favourite scientist, the controversial Frederick Lindemann, allowed leadership to pass to the US, where the Manhattan Project made the Bomb a terrible reality. British physicists played only a minor role in this vast enterprise, while Churchill ignored warnings from the scientist Niels Bohr that the Anglo-American policy would lead to a post-war arms race. After the war, the Americans reneged on personal agreements between Roosevelt and Churchill to share research. Clement Attlee, in a fateful decision, ordered the building of a British Bomb to maintain the country's place among the great powers. Churchill inherited it and ended his political career obsessed with the threat of thermonuclear war. Churchill's Bomb is an original and controversial book, full of political and scientific personalities and intrigues, which reveals a little-known side of Britain's great war-leader. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged., Books<

2013, ISBN: 9780571249787

Faber and Faber, London, 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. list of plates, acknowledgements, references, notes, and index. Och… More...

Faber and Faber, London, 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. list of plates, acknowledgements, references, notes, and index. Ochre coloured end pages. Between pages 276 and 277 there are four pages of black-and-white photographs. Black coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Photographic dustwrapper with red, yellow and black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Colour photograph of the author to the rear fold over panel. The history of Winston Churchill's championing of British nuclear research, and, how on the advice of his favourite scientist allowed America to take leadership in nuclear research, and in turn led to the Manhattan Project which made the Bomb a terrible reality. But, even more telling, Churchill " ... ignored warnings from the scientist Niels Bohr that the Anglo-American policy would lead to a post-war arms race." -- from the front fold panel blurb.  Minor rubbing of the back strip corners and corners. A hint of rubbing to the dustwrapper edges and panels.  Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [8], IX - X, [4], 3 - 553, [9] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Military & Warfare; Nuclear Weapons; Britain/UK; WW II; Science & Technology. ISBN: 0571249787. ISBN/EAN: 9780571249787. Inventory No: 0127806. . 9780571249787 THIS BOOK WEIGHS OVER 1KG WITHOUT PACKING AND EXTRA POST WILL BE REQUIRED FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE AUSTRALIA. PLEASE ENQUIRE FOR COSTS BEFORE YOU ORDER, THANK YOU., Faber and Faber, 2013, 3<

2013, ISBN: 0571249787

[EAN: 9780571249787], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Faber and Faber], 1st UK edition, 1st printing. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with some marks on the outer edge pages. Good D… More...

[EAN: 9780571249787], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Faber and Faber], 1st UK edition, 1st printing. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with some marks on the outer edge pages. Good DJ with some edge wear, Books<