A Prophet in Two Countries
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A Prophet in Two Countries

The Life of F. E. Simon

  1. 180 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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A Prophet in Two Countries

The Life of F. E. Simon

About this book

A Prophet in Two Countries: The Life of F.E. Simon is a narration of the true story of F.E. Simon whose work involved developing nuclear energy for the British during the Second World War. Franz Simon is a Jew born in Berlin and earns his doctorate degree from the University of Berlin. He works at the Physikalisch Chemisches Institut, and then as a professor at the Technische Hochschule in Breslau. When Germany starts its systematic repression of Jews, Simon, now married and with two children, leaves Germany in 1939, along with Thomas Frank and a Jewish secretary. The Simon family settles in Oxford, and he works at the Clarendon. In 1936, he gets an appointment as University Reader in Thermodynamics at Birmingham University. Professor of Mathematics Rudolf Peierls introduces Simon to work related to the war. Simon is then put in charge of all work on isotope separation at the Clarendon. The system Simon develops for gaseous diffusion turns out to be the most practicable among the many other methods, and this becomes adopted in many factories. After the war, he is awarded the C.B.E. and he publishes many papers before his death on October 31, 1956. Researchers, students, and academicians involved in British history and readers with general historical and biographical interest will find this book a pleasant reading.

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. A Prophetin Two Countries
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. Chapter 1. A Jewish Home in Berlin
  7. Chapter 2. University Life and War
  8. Chapter 3. A Doctor's Degree
  9. Chapter 4. Low Temperature Research
  10. Chapter 5. The Twenties in Berlin
  11. Chapter 6. Breslau and the Nazis
  12. Chapter 7. Oxford and The Clarendon
  13. Chapter 8. Prelude to War
  14. Chapter 9. Enemy Aliens
  15. Chapter 10. The Diffusion Project
  16. Chapter 11. Tube Alloys
  17. Chapter 12. After Six Years of War
  18. Chapter 13. Post-War Activities
  19. Chapter 14. Waste
  20. Chapter 15. Man and Scientist
  21. Complete List of F. E. Simon's Scientific Publications
  22. Index