Sheinkin, Steve
Bomb the race to build and steal the world's most dangerous weapon Print Race to build and steal the world's most dangerous weapon Steve Sheinkin. - 1st ed. - New York : Roaring Brook Press, c2012 - 266 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Hardback book.
"Book design by Jay Colvin"--t.p. verso.; NM Battle of the Books 2013, Middle School Reading List.
Three-way race -- Chain reactions -- How to build an atomic bomb -- Final assembly.
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.
920L
9781596434875 (hc) 1596434872 (hc)
2011044096
Atomic bomb--History.
World War, 1939-1945--Secret service--Soviet Union.
World War, 1939-1945--Secret service--Great Britain.
World War, 1939-1945--Commando operations--Norway--Vemork.
Operation Freshman, 1942.
Atomic bomb--History.--Germany
Arms race.
Cold War.
Natural history.
Scientists.
Military history.
Dictators.
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Bomb the race to build and steal the world's most dangerous weapon Print Race to build and steal the world's most dangerous weapon Steve Sheinkin. - 1st ed. - New York : Roaring Brook Press, c2012 - 266 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Hardback book.
"Book design by Jay Colvin"--t.p. verso.; NM Battle of the Books 2013, Middle School Reading List.
Three-way race -- Chain reactions -- How to build an atomic bomb -- Final assembly.
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.
920L
9781596434875 (hc) 1596434872 (hc)
2011044096
Atomic bomb--History.
World War, 1939-1945--Secret service--Soviet Union.
World War, 1939-1945--Secret service--Great Britain.
World War, 1939-1945--Commando operations--Norway--Vemork.
Operation Freshman, 1942.
Atomic bomb--History.--Germany
Arms race.
Cold War.
Natural history.
Scientists.
Military history.
Dictators.
j623.45119 She 26