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Alsos

by Samuel Abraham Goudsmit

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Publisher Comments:

Alsos was a scientific intelligence mission launched by the Allies in the autumn of 1943 to determine the progress of German research on the atom bomb. With the suspense of a thriller, Goudsmit recounts the circumstances leading up to the mission, the methods its participants used to do their scientific sleuthing, and the reaction of the German scientists on the day the atom bomb fell on Hiroshima. With a new introduction by David Cassidy

Book News Annotation:

Second reprint of this great story of scientific espionage (original, 1947, reprinted 1983). Goudsmit ran the Alsos Mission following Allied troops into liberated areas of Europe to glean (with glee) evidence of Nazi atom bomb accomplishments. Light science, heavier discussion of Germany's decline from preeminence in science to a distant loser to the U.S. New introduction by David Cassidy.
Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Synopsis:

During the final weeks of World War II in Europe, the Allies — convinced that the Germans were close to creating an atomic bomb — sent a special American unit of secret agents, scientists, and soldiers into Nazi Germany. Their mission: find the German scientific team before they could provide Hitler with nuclear weapons. The scientific head of the mission: a Dutch-American physicist named Samuel Goudsmit. The mission code name: Alsos. First published in 1947, this first-hand account retains all the elements that make for great reading: It is part high-voltage spy drama, part bittersweet memoir, part historical drama — and it's all true.

Description:

Includes bibliographical references (p. xxvii-xxix) and index.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9781563964152
Introduction:
Cassidy, David
Author:
Cassidy, David
Author:
Goudsmit, Samuel Abraham
Publisher:
AIP Press
Location:
Woodbury, N.Y. :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Military Science
Subject:
Science
Subject:
Physics
Subject:
World war, 1939-1945
Subject:
Nuclear Physics
Subject:
Atomic bomb
Subject:
War Dept
Subject:
Science -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
Subject:
World War, 19
Subject:
United states
Series:
History of Modern Physics & Astronomy
Series Volume:
0001
Publication Date:
March 1996
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
316
Dimensions:
9.05x6.10x.68 in. .92 lbs.
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