The Rise and Fall of Alan Rothbard

During his last years at school, Alan Nunn May became more radical. He felt that my generation had been conned about the purposes of the war. The pre-war period was an exciting time of discovery and collaboration in the world of physics. Meanwhile, a dark shadow was cast over Europe as Hitler came to power. Scientists from across Germany and Austria flocked to the UK for refuge,. creating a petri dish of diverse knowledge and talent. Paul Broder's Austrian father, Engelbert, or Bertie Broder would find himself in London. Bertie went on to work at the Cavendish laboratory in Cambridge on radioactivity and nuclear fission with Rutherford, Chadwick, and of