Entering the Nuclear Arms Race: The Soviet Decision to Build the Atomic Bomb, 1939-45

@article{Holloway1981EnteringTN,
  title={Entering the Nuclear Arms Race: The Soviet Decision to Build the Atomic Bomb, 1939-45},
  author={David Holloway},
  journal={Social Studies of Science},
  year={1981},
  volume={11},
  pages={159 - 197},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:145715873}
}
  • D. Holloway
  • Published 1 May 1981
  • History, Physics, Political Science
  • Social Studies of Science
This paper traces the path from the discovery of nuclear fission in Berlin in December 1938 to the Soviet decision of August 1945 to launch an all-out effort to develop the atomic bomb. There were… 
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