| Authors: |
Sheinkin, Steve
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| Material type: |
Book |
| Subject: |
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.
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| Language: |
English |
| Publisher: |
New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2012. |
| Description: |
266 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781596434875 (hc) 1596434872 (hc) |
| Notes: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-259) and index. |
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Newbery Honor Book, 2013. |
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Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award, 2013. |
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YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults, 2013. |
| Contents: |
Three-way race -- Chain reactions -- How to build an atomic bomb -- Final assembly. |
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| Tags |
atom bomb, atomic, bomb, by, history, reading, recommended, school, wsj, wwii |
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| 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. |