01503cam a2200301 4500 354844802 TxAuBib 20180823120000.0 090219s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2009007276 9780230613744 0230613748 (OCoLC)311074963 TxAuBib Aczel, Amir D. Uranium wars : the scientific rivalry that created the nuclear age / Amir D. Aczel. 1st ed. New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. 248 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-239) and index. Physics and uranium -- On the trail of the nucleus -- Lisa Meitner -- The Meitner-Hahn discovery -- Enrico Fermi -- The Rome experiments -- The events of 1938 -- Christmas 1938 -- The Heisenberg menace -- Chain reaction -- The Nazi nuclear machine -- Copenhagen -- The moment of truth -- Building the bomb -- The decision to use the bomb -- Evidence from a spying operation -- The Cold War -- Uranium's future. 20180823. Nuclear weapons Research History 20th century. Nuclear physics Research History 20th century. Nuclear energy Research History 20th century. Science and state History 20th century. Uranium as fuel History 20th century.