Blackett physics war and politics in the twentieth century mary jo nye harvard u press cambridge ma 2004 3995 255 pp isbn 0 674 01548 7 buy at amazon patrick m s blackett 1897 1974 was among a generation of outstanding british physicistsfive of whom won nobel prizesin physics in the 1940s and early 1950s. This option allows users to search by publication volume and page selecting this option will search the current publication in context selecting this option will search all publications across the scitation platform selecting this option will search all publications for the publisher society in context. This is a lively and compact biography of p m s blackett one of the most brilliant and controversial physicists of the twentieth century nobel laureate leader of operational research during the second world war scientific advisor to the british government president of the royal society member of the house of lords blackett was also denounced as a stalinist apologist for opposing . Blackett physics war and politics in the twentieth century nye mary jo 9780674015487 books amazonca