Frank Close
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Physicist, broadcaster, and author of DESTROYER OF WORLDS The Deep History of the Nuclear Age. On sale 12 June Beware imitiations. Support your local bookstore.
University of Oxford
Joined May 2012
RT @PodcastBrowser: Podcast with Frank Close about his book Destroyer of Worlds: The Deep History of the Nuclear Age: 1895–1965. Discusses….
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Podcast with Frank Close about his book Destroyer of Worlds: The Deep History of the Nuclear Age: 1895–1965. Discusses the history of, and key figures in, discovering and exploiting atomic energy.
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Power & Terror: A History of the Nuclear Age .From Becquerel to Tsar Bomba: the story of Destroyer of Worlds @Walsh_e_Patrick.
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Podcast with Frank Close about his book Destroyer of Worlds: The Deep History of the Nuclear Age: 1895–1965. Discusses the history of, and key figures in, discovering and exploiting atomic energy.
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RT @brianclegg: Interview: Emeritus Professor of Theoretical Physics Frank Close @closefrank tells us how his grandson and a diagnosis insp….
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RT @ZSohail10: The latest History Extra podcast "Power & terror: a history of the nuclear age": "Speaking to Matt….
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16 July 1945: the first atomic explosion in the deserts of New Mexico. Today, 80th anniversary 16 July 2025: @closefrank will be talking about how this came to be, just 50 years after the first glimpse of nuclear energy was almost overlooked. Blackwells Bookshop Oxford 5.30pm
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Off to sweltering London right now to give the full story to any brave enough to face the heat.
TONIGHT'S LIVESTREAM 💻. Join former Christmas Lecturer Frank Close (@closefrank) to explore the science and history behind the nuclear revolution, and how the pursuit of nuclear power shaped the world. Get your livestream tickets 👇
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RT @jsxtn83: @KC_Capnhuh @SCShipyards @Iain_MacGregor1 For a closer look at the actual physics, @closefrank's Destroyer of Worlds, barely a….
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RT @Ri_Science: How did an accidental discovery spark a chain of events that would unleash the atomic age?. Join former Christmas Lecturer….
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Frank Close takes us on a journey through the potentially devastating science and history of the nuclear age.
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The talk starts at 7 p.m. BST.@Ri_Science.
From the discovery of radioactivity to the dawn of the atomic age — how has the pursuit of nuclear power shaped the world?. Join former Christmas Lecturer Frank Close (@closefrank) to explore the science and history behind the nuclear revolution.
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The race against Hitler to build the first nuclear bomb Superb essay review by @Dorianlynskey of Destroyer of Worlds. @pew_literary @Walsh_e_Patrick @annabelhuxley @AllenLaneBooks @closefrank.
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Ettore Majorana vanished in March 1938. According to Frank Close in Destroyer of Worlds, the 31-year-old Sicilian physicist ‘probably understood more nuclear physics theory than anyone in the world’,...
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RT @BasicBooks: DESTROYER OF WORLDS is called "a richly illuminating and engrossing presentation" on the history of nuclear weapons by @ALA….
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RT @Ri_Science: How did an accidental discovery lead to the most powerful weapon ever built?. Join former Christmas Lecturer Frank Close (@….
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Frank Close takes us on a journey through the potentially devastating science and history of the nuclear age.
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But this time I probably will not be abseiling into the theatre. Still, there will be plenty of excitement. @annabelhuxley @Walsh_e_Patrick #DestroyerOfWorlds.
How did an accidental discovery lead to the most powerful weapon ever built?. Join former Christmas Lecturer Frank Close (@closefrank) as he traces the science and legacy of the nuclear age — from laboratory breakthroughs to global impact. Book now ⬇️
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Great idea @MarkPiesing I really enjoyed the double act with @Iain_MacGregor1 .Quiz: The image on the right shows the father of the atomic bomb - and it is not JRobertOppenheimer!. @Walsh_e_Patrick @annabelhuxley.
Not the usual Hiroshima talk!. Great idea to put a historian and a nuclear physicist together to talk about the atomic bomb. Someone needs to get @Iain_MacGregor1 and @closefrank together again!. @ChalkeFestival #WW2
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RT @brianclegg: Review: Destroyer of Worlds: Frank Close ***** 10 June 2025 - A brilliant history of nuclear physics and nuclear developmen….
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Three years after Jack asked about Tsar Bomba: research done; book written; editorial video conferences; printed; bound; and at last it appears! Congratulations to all @BasicBooks @pew_literary @Walsh_e_Patrick.
🚨 New Release Alert! 🚨. DESTROYER OF WORLDS by physicist @closefrank is here!. This gripping dual biography tells the fascinating—and chilling—story of the physicists that deciphered the atom and created the hydrogen bomb. A must-read for history, science, and espionage lovers.
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Three years after Jack asked about Tsar Bomba: research done; book written; editorial conferences; pictures selected; printed; bound; and at last it appears! @pew_literary @Walsh_e_Patrick @AllenLaneBooks.
'Destroyer of Worlds' by @closefrank . The Deep History of the Nuclear Age: 1895-1965. available from @blackwellbooks . 📖 sample to peek inside and share.
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Many thanks @chrisquigg .Its June 10. Nazis defeated May 8; Trinity test not until July but only Joseph Rotblat quit the Manhattan project.
Publication day wishes to @closefrank for his fine Destroyer of Worlds
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RT @BasicBooks: "Once again, @closefrank explains sophisticated science in a way that anyone can understand and tells a gripping story in t….
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