Patricia Lewis: ‘I learned about nuclear weapons before Santa Claus’

The outgoing director of Chatham House’s International Security Programme shares her first memory of the bomb, what inspired her career in nuclear physics and the amazing women written out of history.

The World Today Published 9 December 2024 4 minute READ

Dr Patricia Lewis

Former Research Director; Director, International Security Programme

You’re a child of the nuclear age. Were you inspired to start a career in nuclear arms control because of your PhD in nuclear physics – or did your interest start sooner?

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