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.
Record details
ISBN:1596434872 (hc)
ISBN:9781596434875 (hc)
Physical Description:266 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. print
Publisher:New York : Roaring Brook Press, c2012.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-259) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Three-way race -- Chain reactions -- How to build an atomic bomb -- Final assembly.
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