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Page numbers in italic refer to illustrations

A is for Atom 369–70

A-bomb see atomic bomb

Academic Assistance Council (AAC) (UK) 212, 213

Adam, Ken 412, 414

Adams, Henry 55

Adamson, Lieutenant Colonel Keith F. 267

Advisory Committee on Uranium (USA) 267–8, 272

AEC 342, 357, 362, 367, 379, 409

aerial warfare 116, 197–9, 224–36, 239–40, 242–3, 249, 304, 317–20, 341

airships 116

Albarn, Damon 437

alchemy 33, 36, 50, 64–5, 72–3, 144, 183, 201, 219

Aldermaston Peace March 437, 439

Aldiss, Brian 429–30

Allison, Samuel K. 278