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Jul 29, 2019 · Frank Close’s chronicle of atomic physicist Klaus Fuchs and his betrayal is a gem, finds Ann Finkbeiner.
Klaus Fuchs, a German-born physicist and part of the British Mission at Los Alamos, was a spy for the Soviet Union, passing on critical information on the atomic bomb. He was born in 1911 in Rüsselsheim, Germany, to a Lutheran minister with socialist political leanings.
Apr 19, 2009 · Dubbed the most important atomic spy in history, Klaus Fuchs was a primary physicist on the Manhattan Project and a lead scientist at Britain's nuclear facility by 1949.
May 12, 2020 · The physicist Klaus Fuchs (1911-88) is well known as the atomic spy who gave details of everything he worked on at the Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union.
Aug 3, 2020 · Klaus Fuchs is better remembered for his betrayal than for his science. The brilliant German theoretical physicist handed the Soviet Union secrets that allowed it to accelerate its cold-war work...
Jan 29, 1988 · Klaus Fuchs, the German-born physicist who was imprisoned in the 1950's in Britain after being convicted of passing nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union,...
Klaus Fuchs, a talented theoretical physicist at Los Alamos, was a spy for the Soviet Union. LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY. Quick Facts. Significance: Theoretical physicist at Los Alamos and spy for the Soviet Union. Place of Birth: Russelshein, Germany. Date of Birth: December 29, 1911. Place of Death: East Berlin, German Democratic Republic.
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