Churchill’s Bomb

During his visit to Saginaw Valley State University, Michigan, Graham will be giving a talk on Paul Dirac and the Religion of Mathematical Beauty, 22 October, 4pm. The following day, he will be giving the O’Neill memorial lecture, Winston Churchill – Writer, Global Political Figure, Nuclear Visionary, at 7pm. Details can be found here.

Graham will be speaking at an international gathering on 18 and 19 September to celebrate the life and legacy of Sir John Cockcroft.

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Graham appeared onstage today with Taylor Downing, author of the fine Secret Warriors. In the audience was Peter Higgs, co-winner of last year’s Nobel Prize for physics. Over lunch with Graham beforehand, Peter said that he was now making progress with his aim ‘to retire from retirement’.

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The Daily Telegraph in the UK has selected Churchill’s Bomb as one of its books of the year.

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Graham will be talking about ‘War and Scientific Advances’ with author Taylor Downing at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.

Graham will be talking about Churchill’s Bomb at a private event, organised by the Churchill Centre (UK).

At the two-day event at St John’s College celebrating the life of Sir John Cockcroft, Graham will be giving a talk ‘Churchill confidant, government advisor’ More information: Programme here (PDF) If you do not have a PDF Reader installed on your computer you can get one here: Adobe Reader or Foxit Reader

Physics department colloquium on ‘Churchill, his nuclear physicists and the Bomb’. Details here.

Last summer in New York City, Graham recorded this interview about his new book with Steve Mirsky of Scientific American.
 
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Selfie of Steve Mirsky, a life-long Yankees fan.

Graham and Wells’ biographer Michael Sherborne talk with the Guardian’s literary editor Claire Armitstead about the 1914 novel The World Set Free, which introduced ‘atomic bombs’ and the concept of a catastrophic nuclear war.

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HG Wells, April 1914