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Klaus Emil Julius Fuchs (29 December 1911 – 28 January 1988) was a German theoretical physicist and atomic spy who supplied information from the American, British, and Canadian Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union during and shortly after World War II.
Jul 9, 2024 · Klaus Fuchs (born December 29, 1911, Rüsselsheim, Germany—died January 28, 1988, East Germany) was a German-born physicist and spy who was arrested and convicted (1950) for giving vital American and British atomic-research secrets to the Soviet Union.
Nov 13, 2009 · Learn how Klaus Fuchs, a scientist who helped develop the atomic bomb, was arrested in 1950 for passing secrets to the Soviet Union. Find out how his case led to the exposure of other spies, including the Rosenbergs.
Klaus Fuchs — the German-born British theoretical physicist who worked with the British delegation at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project. Fuchs was arrested in the UK and tried there. Lord Goddard sentenced him to fourteen years' imprisonment, the maximum for violating the Official Secrets Act.
Jul 29, 2019 · A book review of Frank Close's chronicle of atomic physicist Klaus Fuchs and his betrayal of British and US nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union. The reviewer praises Close's comprehensive and human storytelling, and explores Fuchs's motives, methods and consequences.
Aug 3, 2020 · Klaus Fuchs was a German-born physicist who spied for the Soviet Union on the Manhattan Project, the US atomic-bomb programme. This book explores his motivations, his contributions and his fate in a nuanced and sympathetic way.
Jan 9, 2023 · How did the atomic spy, Klaus Fuchs, affect his friends, colleagues, and the wider scientific community in early Cold War Britain? This article explores the repercussions of his actions on their reputations, careers, and prospects, and the increased surveillance by security officials.
