Half Life: The Divided Life of Bruno Potecorvo, Physicist and Spy

by Frank Close

Book Overview

The memo landed on Kim Philby's desk in Washington, DC, in July 1950. Three months later, Bruno Pontecorvo, a physicist at Harwell, Britain's atomic energy lab, disappeared without a trace. When he re-surfaced six years later, he was on the other side of the Iron Curtain.

One of the most brilliant scientists of his generation, Pontecorvo was privy to many secrets: he had worked on the Anglo-Canadian arm of the Manhattan Project, and quietly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1780747462
• ISBN13: 9781780747460
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Oneworld Publications
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.1" x 7.8"