Bomb : the race to build-- and steal-- the world's most dangerous weapon / Steve Sheinkin.
Title:
Bomb : the race to build-- and steal-- the world's most dangerous weapon / Steve Sheinkin.
Other Title:
Race to build and steal the world's most dangerous weapon
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Publication:
New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2012.
Publication Date:
2012
ISBN:
9781596434875
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [243]-259) and index.
Contents:
Three-way race -- Chain reactions -- How to build an atomic bomb -- Final assembly.
Abstract:
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.
Content Type:
text
Carrier Type:
volume
Language:
English
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