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02085aam a2200349Ii 4500 001 E9925CB6C7B311E4A51200F2DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20220910012104 008 141125s2014 nyua b 001 0beng 010 $a 2014041019 020 $a 0465069983 (hardcover : alkaline paper) 020 $a 9780465069989 (hardcover : alkaline paper) 040 $a MvI $b eng $c MvI $d SKYRV $e rda $d SILO 050 00 $a QC774.P66 $b C56 2014 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23 100 1 $a Close, F. E. 245 10 $a Half life : $b the divided life of Bruno Pontecorvo, physicist or spy / $c Frank Close. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Basic Books, $c c2014. 300 $a xix, 378 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a 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. 520 $a 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. 600 10 $a Pontekorvo, B. $q (Bruno), $d 1913-1993. 650 0 $a Nuclear physicists $z Soviet Union $v Biography. 650 0 $a Nuclear physicists $z Italy $v Biography. 650 0 $a Spies $z Soviet Union $v Biography. 650 0 $a Spies $z Italy $v Biography. 941 $a 3 952 $l PQAX094 $d 20231214040014.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20200103011321.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20191204014637.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E9925CB6C7B311E4A51200F2DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search