Spies of The Manhattan Project
How Soviet spies stole the secrets of the bomb
7 min readSep 17, 2020
The Nuclear Age, quite possibly the most important paradigm shift in modern history, is said to have begun with the first successful test detonation of a nuclear device on July 16, 1945. It can trace it’s true origins, however, to Berlin in early 1939. It was there that the first breakthrough in the study of nuclear fission was made…