Christoph Laucht Boeken

Focusing on Klaus Fuchs and Rudolf Peierls, this investigation delves into their significant contributions to British nuclear culture and science during and after World War II. It examines how their work influenced the political landscape surrounding atomic science from the war's onset until 1959, highlighting the complex interplay between scientific innovation and political implications in the development of nuclear capabilities.

Christoph Laucht offers the first investigation into the roles played by two German-born emigre atomic scientists, Klaus Fuchs and Rudolf Peierls, in the development of British nuclear culture, especially the practice of nuclear science and the political implications of the atomic scientists' work, from the start of the Second World War until 1959.