Doubt cast on Sir Bernard Lovell's 'brainwashing'
Friday, February 8, 2013 - 15:31
in Astronomy & Space
In this month's edition of Physics World, science writer Richard Corfield casts doubt on the alleged "brainwashing" of the late British astronomer Sir Bernard Lovell by the Soviets at the height of the Cold War and explains how his trips beyond the Iron Curtain laid the foundations for the easing of geopolitical tensions between the UK and the USSR.