ABSTRACT

When, in March 1940, two Jewish emigré physicists, Otto Frisch and Rudolf Peierls, composed a memorandum on the technical feasibility of an atomic weapon, few would have envisaged the significance of this six-page document. The technical blueprint for an atomic weapon, at the time assumed to be well beyond the realm of the possible, was to have a significant impact on the Anglo-American nuclear relationship, as it enabled British and American scientists to discuss at eye-level, the direction of nuclear weapons development, as it moved from theory to implementation.

中文翻译：

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“至关重要的？有帮助吗？几乎没有？” 二战期间英国对发展核武器的贡献的现实与认知

摘要

1940 年 3 月，两位犹太移民物理学家奥托·弗里施 (Otto Frisch) 和鲁道夫·佩尔斯 (Rudolf Peierls) 撰写了一份关于原子武器技术可行性的备忘录，很少有人会想到这份六页文件的重要性。原子武器的技术蓝图在当时被认为远远超出了可能的范围，将对英美核关系产生重大影响，因为它使英美科学家能够在视线水平上进行讨论，核武器发展的方向，因为它从理论转向实施。