Bomb Apologetics: Farm Hall, August 1945
DOI: 10.1063/1.881469
A little over a month after the ten German physicists had settled into Farm Hall, the British manor where they would be held and observed for six months (see the preceding article on page 27), they were astounded by the news of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Believing themselves far ahead of the Allies in nuclear research, the German scientists were suddenly shaken by the realization that they were in fact far behind. How had the Allies done it? Why had the Germans made so little progress in comparison? How could they explain this to themselves, to their countrymen, to their former enemies?
More about the Authors
Jeremy Bernstein. Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey.
David Cassidy. Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York.
