John Murray, Date: 1994-09-15. First Edition. hardcover. Good/Good Jacket. 8x0x10. The copyright page has First Published in 1994. No additional printings are indicated. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. 1994. John Murray ISBN 0719552257 9780719552250 [GB]

ISBN10: 0719552257, ISBN13: 9780719552250, [publisher: John Murray] Hardcover First Edition The copyright page has First Published in 1994. No additional printings are indicated. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.
[Devizes, WILTS, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1994]
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John Murray 1994-09-15 First Edition hardcover Good. Good Jacket Size: 8x0x10; The copyright page has First Published in 1994. No additional printings are indicated. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.

ISBN10: 0719552257, ISBN13: 9780719552250, [publisher: John Murray Pubs Ltd] Hardcover With a personal inscription from the author, simply signed "Brian" - with dust jacket - slightly sunned spine, otherwise minimal wear - VG+/VG.
[Cambridge, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1995]

London: John Murray, Date: 1994. This is from the dustwrapper: " In the shocked aftermath of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Clement Attlee realized at once that the nature of security and strength in the world had changed irrevocably. He ordered a superhuman effort to make Britain a nuclear power. Although Britain had been a junior partner in the Manhattan Project which had produced the American bombs, no British scientist had more than partial knowledge of the complex physics involved. The war over, the Americans cut off all help. At a time of daunting economic difficulty and amid the growing tension of the Cold War, the project hurriedly took shape behind a cloak of almost paranoid secrecy and in an atmosphere of constant stringency and shortage. Brian Cathcart's book ranges over politics, diplomacy, espionage and science, but above all it tells the story of the brilliant young scientist William Penney, his team and their struggle. For the first time the men who worked behind the security fences at Aldermaston have been allowed to speak. The tales include fearsome risks, Heath Robinson resourcefulness, bureaucratic obstruction, naval intransigence and a measure of black humour. The veil is also lifted on the extraordinary contribution of Klaus Fuchs, the Soviet spy. Finally the high drama of the test itself, conducted off the coast of Australia after a naval operation which came close to total fiasco, is recounted in gripping detail. Test of Greatness does for the ...

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[Dallas, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1995]

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[Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1995]

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[Amherst, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1995]

John Murray Pubs Ltd 1995-08-01 Hardcover New Size: 9x6x1; New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

ISBN10: 0719552257, ISBN13: 9780719552250, [publisher: John Murray Pubs Ltd] Hardcover New
[Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1995]