Midway on life's journey -- First half. From Pisa to Rome ; Slow neutrons and fast reactions : 1934-1936 ; Paris and politics : 1936-1940 ; The first escape : 1940 ; Neutrons for oil and war : 1940-1941 ; East and West : 1941-1942 ; The pile at Chalk River : 1943-1945 ; Physics in the open : 1945-1948 ; Maneuvers : 1945-1950 -- Interlude. West to East -- Half time. chain reaction : 1949-1950 ; From Abingdon-- to where? : 1950 ; The dear departed : 1950 ; The MI5 letters -- Second half. In dark woods ; Exile ; Resurrection ; Mr. Neutrino ; Private Bruno -- Afterllife. The right road lost.
Summary:
Describes the life of the Italian nuclear physicist who worked on the Manhattan project, helping to bring about the nuclear age, before he vanished in 1950 behind the Iron Curtain amidst whispers that he had been a Soviet spy.
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