Preface	7
	Acknowledgements	9
	Contents	11
	List of Figures	14
	Notes on Sources	16
	Chapter 1 Introduction	20
	Chapter 2 The Father’s Scientific World	26
	Chapter 3 The First World War	48
	Chapter 4 The Promise of Pure Science	69
	Chapter 5 Traveling with Polanyi	93
	Chapter 6 Turbulence and Conformity	105
	Chapter 7 Seizing the Wheel	130
	Chapter 8 The Beginning of Resistance	149
	Chapter 9 Heavy Water and the Atomic Bomb	163
	Chapter 10 The Summer of Decision	181
	Chapter 11 The Uranium Club	207
	Chapter 12 Steadfast to the End	229
	Chapter 13 Rebuilding the World	255
	Appendixes	283
	Appendix I: Chronology of Main Events	283
	Appendix II Biographical Profiles	286
	A	287
	B	287
	C	292
	D	293
	E	295
	F	297
	G	299
	H	301
	J	304
	K	306
	L	307
	M	310
	N	311
	O	312
	P	313
	Q	315
	R	315
	S	316
	T	319
	U	320
	V	321
	W	321
	Z	323
	Selected Bibliography	324
	Index	333