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Bomb

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In December of 1938, a chemist in a German laboratory made a shocking discovery: When placed next to radioactive material, a Uranium atom split in two. That simple discovery launched a scientific race that spanned 3 continents. In Great Britain and the United States, Soviet spies worked their way into the scientific community; in Norway, a commando force slipped behind enemy lines to attack German heavy-water manufacturing; and deep in the desert, one brilliant group of scientists was hidden away at a remote site at Los Alamos. This is the story of the plotting, the risk-taking, the deceit,…

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7 editions · 2 languages
  • Audiobook · English · 2013
    Listening Library · 9780804122184
  • Audiobook · English · 2013
    Random House, Inc. · 9780804122207
  • Hardcover · English · 2012
    Roaring Brook Press · 266 pages · 9781596434875
  • Other · English · 2018
    Bomb: The Race to Build and Steal the World's Most Dangerous Weapon
    Roaring Brook Press · 9781250050649
  • Other · English · 2013
    Scholastic · 9780545617499
  • Other · English · 2012
    Scholastic · 266 pages · 9780545595971
Operation Freshman, 1942Secret serviceWorld War, 1939-1945Atomic bombCommando operationsHistoryNewbery Honor 2013National Book Award Finalist 2013