The Resource The Pontecorvo Affair : A Cold War Defection and Nuclear Physics, by Simone Turchetti, (electronic resource)
The Pontecorvo Affair : A Cold War Defection and Nuclear Physics, by Simone Turchetti, (electronic resource)
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The item The Pontecorvo Affair : A Cold War Defection and Nuclear Physics, by Simone Turchetti, (electronic resource) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in European University Institute Library.
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- Summary
- In the fall of 1950, newspapers around the world reported that the Italian-born nuclear physicist Bruno Pontecorvo and his family had mysteriously disappeared while returning to Britain from a holiday trip. Because Pontecorvo was known to be an expert working for the UK Atomic Energy Research Establishment, this raised immediate concern for the safety of atomic secrets, especially when it became known in the following months that he had defected to the Soviet Union. Was Pontecorvo a spy? Did he know and pass sensitive information about the bomb to Soviet experts? At the time, nuclear scientist
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (300 pages)
- Contents
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- Contents; Introduction: The Silent Quake; 1. The Training of a Nuclear Physicist; 2. Neutrons for Peace and Neutrons for War; 3. Under Surveillance; 4. Ten Million Reasons to Disappear; 5. Play It Up or Down? Confronting the Pontecorvo Affair; 6. A Political Motive; 7. Bruno Maximovich and Professor Pontecorvo; 8. Conclusions: The Noisy Echo of Secrecy; List of Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index;
- Isbn
- 9780226816661
- Label
- The Pontecorvo Affair : A Cold War Defection and Nuclear Physics
- Title
- The Pontecorvo Affair
- Title remainder
- A Cold War Defection and Nuclear Physics
- Statement of responsibility
- by Simone Turchetti
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In the fall of 1950, newspapers around the world reported that the Italian-born nuclear physicist Bruno Pontecorvo and his family had mysteriously disappeared while returning to Britain from a holiday trip. Because Pontecorvo was known to be an expert working for the UK Atomic Energy Research Establishment, this raised immediate concern for the safety of atomic secrets, especially when it became known in the following months that he had defected to the Soviet Union. Was Pontecorvo a spy? Did he know and pass sensitive information about the bomb to Soviet experts? At the time, nuclear scientist
- Cataloging source
- AU-PeEL
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Turchetti, Simone
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- Series statement
- ProQuest Ebook Central
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Pontekorvo, B.
- Nuclear physicists
- Nuclear physicists
- Spies
- Spies
- Label
- The Pontecorvo Affair : A Cold War Defection and Nuclear Physics, by Simone Turchetti, (electronic resource)
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- Contents; Introduction: The Silent Quake; 1. The Training of a Nuclear Physicist; 2. Neutrons for Peace and Neutrons for War; 3. Under Surveillance; 4. Ten Million Reasons to Disappear; 5. Play It Up or Down? Confronting the Pontecorvo Affair; 6. A Political Motive; 7. Bruno Maximovich and Professor Pontecorvo; 8. Conclusions: The Noisy Echo of Secrecy; List of Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index;
- Control code
- u370448
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (300 pages)
- Form of item
- electronic
- Governing access note
- Use of this electronic resource may be governed by a license agreement which restricts use to the European University Institute community. Each user is responsible for limiting use to individual, non-commercial purposes, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. The use of software, including scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in the loss of access to these resources for the entire European University Institute community
- Isbn
- 9780226816661
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- c
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
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- EBL858962
- (OCoLC)773828580
- Label
- The Pontecorvo Affair : A Cold War Defection and Nuclear Physics, by Simone Turchetti, (electronic resource)
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- Contents; Introduction: The Silent Quake; 1. The Training of a Nuclear Physicist; 2. Neutrons for Peace and Neutrons for War; 3. Under Surveillance; 4. Ten Million Reasons to Disappear; 5. Play It Up or Down? Confronting the Pontecorvo Affair; 6. A Political Motive; 7. Bruno Maximovich and Professor Pontecorvo; 8. Conclusions: The Noisy Echo of Secrecy; List of Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index;
- Control code
- u370448
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (300 pages)
- Form of item
- electronic
- Governing access note
- Use of this electronic resource may be governed by a license agreement which restricts use to the European University Institute community. Each user is responsible for limiting use to individual, non-commercial purposes, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. The use of software, including scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in the loss of access to these resources for the entire European University Institute community
- Isbn
- 9780226816661
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- c
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
-
- EBL858962
- (OCoLC)773828580
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