Bomb : the race to build and steal the world's most dangerous weapon

Bomb : the race to build and steal the world's most dangerous weapon / Steve Sheinkin.

Author/creator	Sheinkin, Steve
Format	Book and Print
Edition	1st ed.
Publication Info	New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2012.
Description	266 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	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--Germany --History.

Portion of title	Race to build and steal the world's most dangerous weapon
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.
Local note	Little-305131062229Y
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-259) and index.
LCCN	2011044096
ISBN	9781596434875 (hc)
ISBN	1596434872 (hc)