Trinity – Klaus Fuchs and the Security Services, from A bomb to Z pinch
Event Start:
2019-09-26T16:00:00
Event End:
2019-09-26T17:00:00
Event Information:
Trinity was the codename for the test explosion of the atomic bomb in New Mexico on 16 July 1945. Frank Close tells the story of: the bomb's metaphorical father, Rudolf Peierls (Prof. Close's one time mentor in Oxford); his intellectual son, the atomic spy Klaus Fuchs; and the ghosts of the security services in Britain, the USA and USSR. Frank will reveal new insights from MI5 files in the British National Archives, and documents of the FBI and KGB.
Event Location:
Hennings 201
Speaker:
Frank Close (University of Oxford)
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Event Start:
2019-09-26T16:00:00
Event End:
2019-09-26T17:00:00
Trinity – Klaus Fuchs and the Security Services, from A bomb to Z pinch
Event Information:
Trinity was the codename for the test explosion of the atomic bomb in New Mexico on 16 July 1945. Frank Close tells the story of: the bomb's metaphorical father, Rudolf Peierls (Prof. Close's one time mentor in Oxford); his intellectual son, the atomic spy Klaus Fuchs; and the ghosts of the security services in Britain, the USA and USSR. Frank will reveal new insights from MI5 files in the British National Archives, and documents of the FBI and KGB.
Event Location:
Hennings 201