An edition of Blackett (2004)
Blackett
Physics, War, and Politics in the Twentieth Century
By Mary Jo Nye
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Publish Date
October 30, 2004
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Language
eng
Pages
272
Description:
"This biography captures the many facets of P.M.S. Blackett, one of the most brilliant and controversial physicists of the twentieth century. Nobel laureate, leader of operational research during the Second World War, scientific advisor to the British government, President of the Royal Society, member of the House of Lords, Blackett was also denounced as a Stalinist apologist for opposing American and British development of atomic weapons, subjected to FBI surveillance, and named as a fellow traveler on George Orwell's infamous list."--BOOK JACKET.