Before the Fall-Out: From Marie Curie to Hiroshima

Front Cover\r......Page 1
Reviews\r......Page 2
Front Page\r......Page 3
Copyright\r......Page 4
Dedication\r......Page 5
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