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Reddit mentions of The Fly in the Cathedral: How a Group of Cambridge Scientists Won the International Race to Split the Atom
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Reddit mentions: 2
We found 2 Reddit mentions of The Fly in the Cathedral: How a Group of Cambridge Scientists Won the International Race to Split the Atom. Here are the top ones.
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Specs:
| Height | 9.25 inches |
| Length | 6.25 inches |
| Number of items | 1 |
| Release date | January 2005 |
| Weight | 1.3 Pounds |
| Width | 1 inches |
Science:
Napoleon's Buttons is great!
Also to tie in with New Zealand, this book is how Ernest Rutherford (He's on NZ Five dollar bill, so he's a pretty big deal haha) and colleagues 'split the atom' i.e determined that an atom is further made up other parts like electrons. Fly In The Cathedral
Also Bad Science by Ben Goldacre is great
Music: I really loved Keith Richards (Rolling Stones) autobiography!
Hope this helps a little :) . I'm not really into Hemingway so not sure what might be equivalent or what they would like, but my Dad likes Hemingway and loves John Steinbeck & Kafka.
King Leopolds Ghost 3 books in one: rivetting Indiana Jones about the Stanley-Watson expedition, history politicial, how Belgium got this enourmous colony, and a detective story on how the world discovered Leo's atrocities (a lowly clerk in an Antwerp shipping company wants to know why full ships come in and empty ships go back)
https://www.amazon.com/Fly-Cathedral-Cambridge-Scientists-International/dp/0374157162/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=fly+in+the+cathedral&qid=1566474821&s=books&sr=1-1
https://www.amazon.com/D-Day-June-1944-Climactic-Battle/dp/B00A2ATJ1Y/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=d-day+ambrose&qid=1566474874&s=books&sr=1-1 or anything by Stephen E Ambrose (also great is his history of the first railway through the US, or the Lewis expedition.