RefNo | PB/9/1/120 |
Previous numbers | J.104 |
Level | Item |
Title | Correspondence with GP Thomson |
Date | 1941 |
Description | Correspondence re the Maud Committee, of which Thomson was Chairman, July-August 1941.
Blackett's letter (28 July 1941) sets out his dissent from the Committee's view on the feasibility of a uranium bomb, on grounds of siting, danger and technical difficulties. Thomson's autograph reply (31 July) answers the objections and discusses the matter further. |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | MM Growing, 'Britain and Atomic Energy, 1939-1945', 1964
PB Moon, 'Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society', 23, 1977, pp541-545. |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA2428 | Thomson; Sir; George Paget (1892 - 1975) | 1892 - 1975 |