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The cryotron files : the strange death of a pioneering Cold War computer scientist / Iain Dey & Douglas Buck ; with research by Alan Dewey.

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Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Branch	Status	Due Date
B 004 BUCK	Adult Non Fiction		Lakemba .	. Available .

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Field name	Details
ISBN	9781785784347 (hardback)
Name	Dey, Iain author.
Title	The cryotron files : the strange death of a pioneering Cold War computer scientist / Iain Dey & Douglas Buck ; with research by Alan Dewey.
Published	London : Icon Books, 2018.
Published	©2018
Description	286 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Notes	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary	Buck was not the only scientist to expire that day -- his colleague Dr Ridenour, chief scientist at Lockheed, also died of an unexplained heart attack. Both deaths are consistent with KGB contact-poison hits. Recently discovered papers reveal Bucks extensive career in clandestine government work that had led to his contact with Russia's top computer scientists. His work was filed away and rediscovered in the 1980s when it was used in research projects by NASA. A fascinating narrative history of Cold War era computer and tech research, combining social historical elements to produce a brilliant portrait of America in the mid-20th century.
Subjects	Buck, Dudley
Subjects	Computer scientists -- United States -- Biography
Genre	Biographies
Other Names	Buck, Douglas author.
Other Names	Dewey, Alan contributor.
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Biographies . Buck, Dudley . Computer scientists -- United States -- Biography . Authors: Buck, Douglas . Dewey, Alan . Dey, Iain .