Author: Cathcart, Bruce
Title: The Fly in the Cathedral: How a Group of Cambridge Scientists Won the International Race to Split the Atom
Description: New York, N.Y., Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005. (ISBN: 0374157162) Hardcover, 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall, Book, First American Edition. Re-creating the frustrations, excitements and obsessions of 1932, the "miracle year" of British phisics..the astonishing story behind the splitting of the atom. Except for the dust jacket flaps being pasted to the inside cover - this is NOT an ex-library book - the book would be classified as near fine condition in a near find dust jacket. Previous owner's name written on front fly leaf. 308 pages, 0374157162. spine olive green with white title and author and orange bands at top and bottom edges. Very Good/Very Good.

Keywords: Science England Cambridge, nuclear fission, radioactivity