The Impossible Bomb by Gareth Williams

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Title: The Impossible Bomb. The Hidden History of British Scientists and the Race to Create an Atomic Bomb by Gareth Williams. 
Summary: The remarkable story of the forgotten British scientists who enabled the Manhattan Project to create the atomic bomb.
Atomic weaponry is widely understood as a story of American scientific achievement. But scientists working in Britain played a vital role in its development. Including Nobel Prize winners and Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany, these scientists have long since been forgotten. But without their expertise, Robert Oppenheimer’s research at Los Alamos would never have succeeded.
The Author unearths the true story of the top-secret British atomic programme, codenamed “Tube Alloys,” established in 1940. These pioneering scientists struggled to convince sceptics in Britain and the USA that an atomic “super-bomb” capable of destroying entire cities was feasible, and could be built in time to influence the outcome of the Second World War. Williams shows how the British atomic programme, despite the often-disruptive involvement of political leaders such as Winston Churchill, was vital to the success of the Manhattan Project.
The Impossible Bomb sheds new light on how humanity’s deadliest weapons came to exist and the massive destruction they wrought.
Author: Gareth Williams
Publisher: Yale University Press. New Haven and London
Year Published: 2025
Edition: Advance Uncorrected Reading Copy
Dimensions: 23cm x 15cm 
Binding type: Softcover
ISBN: 
Notes: This is an uncorrected proof copy printed prior to the book being published. As such this makes the book quite scarce and collectable
SKU: VSS / 251 / H / 7323 / 5614
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Dust Jacket Condition: Not applicable
Book condition: Very good. Handling marks, marks
Binding: Intact
Pages: 413 pages
 
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