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The Night of the Physicists: Operation Epsilon: Heisenberg, Hahn, Weizsäcker and the German Bomb
Richard Von Schirach
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Paperback. Interned in a remote country house by MI6 after the war, the German physicists who worked to make a Nazi atomic bomb were secretly recorded. This book shows just how close they came and their disbelief as the Allies attack Hiroshima. Translator(s): Pare, Simon. Num Pages: 320 pages, 40. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 302.
In the spring of 1945 the Allies arrested the physicists they believed had worked on the German nuclear programme during the war. Interned in an English country house, their conversations were secretly recorded. MI6's Operation Epsilon sought to determine how close Nazi Germany had come to building an atomic bomb. It was in this remote setting - Farm Hall, near Cambridge - that the German physicists first heard of the bombing ofHiroshima. August 6 1945 was a night that changed the course of history. The terrible weapon unleashed on Japan caused unprecedented destruction and loss of ... Read more
In the spring of 1945 the Allies arrested the physicists they believed had worked on the German nuclear programme during the war. Interned in an English country house, their conversations were secretly recorded. MI6's Operation Epsilon sought to determine how close Nazi Germany had come to building an atomic bomb. It was in this remote setting - Farm Hall, near Cambridge - that the German physicists first heard of the bombing ofHiroshima. August 6 1945 was a night that changed the course of history. The terrible weapon unleashed on Japan caused unprecedented destruction and loss of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Haus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781908323859
SKU
V9781908323859
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About Richard Von Schirach
Richard von Schirach is the author The Shadow of My Father (2005) a memoir of growing up as the son of Baldur von Schirach, leader of the Nazi youth movement. A respected sinologist, von Schirach's translation of Pu Yi's autobiography was adapted for cinema as The Last Emperor by Bernardo Bertolucci in 1987.
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