{"product_id":"nuclear-dawn-kenneth-d-mcrae-9780199687183","title":"Nuclear Dawn","description":"This book provides a rounded biography of Franz (later Sir Francis) Simon, his early life in Germany, his move to Oxford in 1933, and his experimental contributions to low temperature physics approximating absolute zero. After 1939 he switched his research to nuclear physics, and is credited with solving the problem of uranium isotope separation by gaseous diffusion for the British nuclear programme Tube Alloys. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe volume is distinctive for its inclusion of source materials not available to previous researchers, such as Simon's diary and his correspondence with his wife, and for a fresh, well-informed insider voice on the five-power nuclear rivalry of the war years. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe work also draws on a relatively mature nuclear literature to attempt a comparison and evaluation of the five nuclear rivals in wider political and military context, and to identify the factors, or groups of factors, that can explain the results.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kenneth D. McRae\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0199687188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199687183\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/20\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 314\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.00d","brand":"Kenneth D. McRae","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46602923311359,"sku":"9780199687183","price":61.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fe2e6f11-22c8-4fae-9153-e97cc45ceb9a.jpg?v=1739695688","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/nuclear-dawn-kenneth-d-mcrae-9780199687183","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}