Bomb : the race to build and steal the world's most dangerous weapon / Steve Sheinkin.
2012
UG1282.A8 S235 2012 (Mapit)
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Title
Bomb : the race to build and steal the world's most dangerous weapon / Steve Sheinkin.
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ISBN
9781596434875
1596434872
1596434872
Publication Details
New York : Roaring Brook Press, c2012.
Language
English
Description
266 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
UG1282.A8 S235 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification
623.4/5119
Summary
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-259) and index.
Awards
Newbery Honor, 2013.
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Table of Contents
Three-way race
Chain reactions
How to build an atomic bomb
Final assembly.
Chain reactions
How to build an atomic bomb
Final assembly.