Bomb

Bomb

The Race to Build and Steal the World's Most Dangerous Weapon

Sheinkin, Steve.
Format: Ebook
Edition: First edition.
Description: 1 online resource (266 pages) : illustrations.
Recounts the scientific discoveries that enabled atom splitting, the military intelligence operations that occurred in rival countries, and the work of brilliant scientists hidden at Los Alamos.
Other Authors:
Roaring Brook Press, publisher.
R.R. Donnelley and Sons Company, printer.
Contents: Three-way race -- Chain reactions -- How to build an atomic bomb -- Final assembly.
Subjects:
Atomic bomb -- History -- Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Soviet Union -- Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Great Britain -- Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Commando operations -- Norway -- Vemork -- Juvenile literature.
Operation Freshman, 1942 -- Juvenile literature.
Atomic bomb -- Germany -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Arms race -- Juvenile literature.
Cold War -- Juvenile literature.
Natural history -- Juvenile literature.
Scientists -- Juvenile literature.
Military history -- Juvenile literature.
Dictators -- Juvenile literature.
20th Century.
Military & Wars.
Target Audience: 920L
ISBN: 9781596438613 (electronic bk.)
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