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The Fly in the Cathedral: How a Group of Cambridge Scientists Won the International Race to Split the Atom (edit title/settings)

by Brian Cathcart (Author) (edit contributors)

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"Cathcart tells this exhilarating story with both verve and precision" -- The Sunday Telegraph Re-creating the frustrations, excitements, and obsessions of 1932, the "miracle year" of British physics, Brian Cathcart reveals in rich detail the astonishing story behind the splitting of the... read more

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For many years Cambridge railway station was not to be found in Cambridge at all, but in the countryside a mile or so out of town.

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  1. Brian Cathcart (Author)

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