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The Fly in the Cathedral: How a Small Group of Cambridge Scientists Won the Race to Split the Atom
 
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The Fly in the Cathedral: How a Small Group of Cambridge Scientists Won the Race to Split the Atom (Hardcover)
by Brian Cathcart (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Viking (26 Aug 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0670883212
  • ISBN-13: 978-0670883219
  • Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 13.8 x 3.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 400,547 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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New Scientist.
'A compelling, multilayered account of Cockcroft and Walton’s great struggle'

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'Brian Cathcart tells this exhilarating story with both verve and precision'

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4.0 out of 5 stars You don't need to be interested in flies or cathedrals., 22 Sep 2004
This is a really good tale for everyone: from scientists interested in the progress of atomic physics at the start of the last century, to anyone simply wanting in a good human story relating to a time now past. The science is there if you want it and is explained helpfully without annoying the specialist. Find out how the strands of science come together and coalesce at just the right moment: how the gentlemanly relaxed Brits get there almost by accident, while competing Americans puff and find they are shooting for the wrong goal. If your normal reading is Stephen Hawking you will surely like this. And so will you, equally, if you read Agatha Christie or Delia Smith.
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