Red cloth binding with gilt title on the spine.

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First Edition. With 222 pp. Moorehead gives the first full account of Nunn May, Fuchs and Pontecorvo, their double lives, their personalities, the methods employed by the security officers in bringing the first two to justice, and the circumstances of the disappearance of the third. “Since the invention of the atomic bomb, treachery has come closer to the lives of ordinary people than ever before, Here Mr. Moorehead examines the mind of the twentieth-century traitor in particular relation to these three men. “Klaus Fuchs is studied in great detail. Step by step, we are shown how this brilliant scientist, believing he held the fate of humanity in his hands, arrogated to himself the right to settle its destiny, only to realize in the end that his crime of treason had served no good purpose.

NOTE: This is an original  book from the library gathered by the famous Cambridge Don, computer scientist, food and wine connoisseur, Jack Arnold LANG. Note: Jack founded the Michelin Guide ‘Midsummer House’- Cambridge’s paramount restaurant. This dining experience is hidden amongst the grassy pastures and grazing cattle of Midsummer Common and perched on the banks of the River Cam. 

In 2008, Jack was one of the co-founders of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, alongside other members of the Department, and acted as the Foundation’s Chair. The project’s original goals were modest: to build and distribute low-cost computers for prospective applicants to our Computer Science degree. Initially the project was a “success disaster”, as Jack would say, as demand far outstripped the low-scale manufacturing plans. Ultimately the Raspberry Pi became the UK’s most successful computer with more than 60 million sold to date. Jack was drawn to the educational possibilities of the Raspberry Pi, its potential uses in emerging economies and the way it could support self-directed learning.