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




