Scientist Spies: A Memoir of My Three Parents and the Atom Bomb

The creation of the Atomic Bomb was central to the shaping of a post-War world dominated by the Cold War. However, the distinct voices of those who passed secrets to the Russians have never before been heard. Paul Broda's father and his stepfather were two of these. This is his compelling account of them and of his mother, and how their lives were shaped by Communism, Fascism, the War and the creation of the Bomb.

Alan Nunn May trained in Cambridge under both Rutherford and Chadwick. He join...