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George Bogdanovich Kistiakowsky (November 18, 1900 – December 7, 1982) was a chemistry professor at Harvard who participated in the Manhattan Project. Born in Kyiv, Ukraine, Russian Empire, he attended private schools in Kiev and Moscow until the Russian Revolution broke out in 1917. He then joined the anti-Communist White Army serving in the infantry and tank corps. In 1920 he escaped to Yugoslavia and then on to Germany. Eventually, he arrived in the United States.
Later in life, Kistiakowsky advised both the Eisenhower and Kennedy Administrations on the control of the proliferation of atomic weapons.
George Kistiakowsky in Joe Steele[]
Literary Comment[]
In the short story, "Joe Steele", George Kistiakowsky is one of a handful of physicists President Joe Steele allows to help Edward Teller build an atomic bomb for the United States.
Kistiakowsky is not named in the novel. His "place", such as it is, appears to have been filled by Samuel T. Cohen.
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