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Wales and the Bomb: The Role of Welsh Scientists and Engineers in the UK Nuclear Programme [Minkštas viršelis]

  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 160 pages, aukštis x plotis: 216x138 mm, Not illustrated
  • Serija: Scientists of Wales
  • Išleidimo metai: 09-Jan-2019
  • Leidėjas: University of Wales Press
  • ISBN-10: 178683359X
  • ISBN-13: 9781786833594
Kitos knygos pagal šią temą:
  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 160 pages, aukštis x plotis: 216x138 mm, Not illustrated
  • Serija: Scientists of Wales
  • Išleidimo metai: 09-Jan-2019
  • Leidėjas: University of Wales Press
  • ISBN-10: 178683359X
  • ISBN-13: 9781786833594
Kitos knygos pagal šią temą:
The main focus of this book is on the contribution of Welsh scientists, engineers and facilities in Wales to the British nuclear programme especially the military programme from the Second World War through to the present day. After the war, a number of Welsh scientists at Harwell played an important role in the development of civil nuclear power, and subsequently also at Aldermaston where Welsh scientists and engineers were a key part of William Penneys team producing the first UK nuclear device tested at Monte Bello in 1952. This book highlights the scientific and engineering contribution made by Welsh scientists and engineers, and, where possible, it considers their backgrounds, education, personalities and interests. Many, for example, were sons of miners from the Welsh valleys, whose lives were changed by their teachers and education at Waless university institutions which responds in part to the question, Why so many Welshmen?

Recenzijos

"A foremost international authority on the history of nuclear weapons, John Baylis has produced an illuminating study of the role of Welsh scientists and engineers in the development of Britain's atomic and thermonuclear weapons. Wales and the Bomb will prove of fascination for students of British nuclear history and for anyone interested in the cultural history of technology in Wales and Britain since the Second World War." ; --Len Scott, FLSW, Aberystwyth University "Nuclear weapons pose difficult moral problems. They also involve complex scientific challenges. In this interesting study, John Baylis focuses on the role of scientists and engineers, mostly born and brought up in Wales, in the development of the British nuclear weapons programme over the past seventy years. It is a fascinating and surprising story."; --Robin Williams, CBE, FRS, FLSW, Swansea University "John Baylis has already written extensively on the British nuclear programme. Now, in introducing us to the disproportionate number of Welsh scientists and engineers involved in the early Bomb programme, he adds to the story a welcome and revealing human dimension." ; --Sir Lawrence Freedman, FBA, King's College London

Daugiau informacijos

It looks at the development of the UK nuclear force from the Second World War until today It considers the role played by Welsh scientists and engineers in UK nuclear history It considers the social and educational background off the scientists. It asks why so many Welsh scientists were involved.
Series Editor's Foreword ix
List of Illustrations
xi
Acknowledgements xiii
Preface xv
1 Introduction
1(6)
2 Wales and the Wartime Origins of Atomic Energy
7(14)
3 The British Nuclear Programme from the 1940s to the 1960s
21(18)
4 The Role of Welsh Scientists and Engineers in the Early British Nuclear Programme
39(24)
5 The British Nuclear Programme from Chevaline to Trident
63(28)
6 The Involvement of Welsh Scientists and Engineers in the British Nuclear Programme from the 1960s to the Present Day
91(22)
7 Conclusion
113(6)
Notes 119(14)
Appendix 1 Welsh scientists and engineers involved in the Atomic Energy Programme 133(2)
Appendix 2 The Duff-Mason Report 135(16)
Select Bibliography 151(2)
Index 153
Emeritus Professor John Baylis retired as Pro Vice-Chancellor at Swansea University in 2008, where he was previously Chair of the Department of Politics and International Relations. He was formerly Professor of International Politics and Dean of Social Science at Aberystwyth University.