Title: The Pontecorvo affair : a cold war defection and nuclear physics /
Authors: Turchetti, Simone.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Pontekorvo, Bruno M.,; Pontekorvo, B.; Spionage.; Kernwaffe; Nuclear physicists Soviet Union Biography.; Nuclear physicists Italy Biography.; Spies Soviet Union Biography.; Spies Italy Biography.; Sowjetunion
Abstract: In 1950, Italian-born nuclear physicist Bruno Pontecorvo defected to the Soviet Union. Was he a spy? Did he pass on sensitive information about the bomb to Soviet experts? Investigations at the time were inconclusive. This book draws on newly disclosed sources to challenge previous attempts to solve the case.
Contents: The silent quake -- The training of a nuclear physicist -- Neutrons for peace and neutrons for war -- Under surveillance -- Ten million reasons to disappear -- Play it up or down? : confronting the Pontecorvo affair -- A political motive -- Bruno Maximovich and Professor Pontecorvo -- Conclusions : the noisy echo of secrecy.