Bomb : the race to build--and steal--the world's most dangerous weapon /
Sheinkin, Steve,
Bomb : the race to build--and steal--the world's most dangerous weapon / Race to build and steal the world's most dangerous weapon Steve Sheinkin. - First edition. - New York : Roaring Brook Press, (c)2012. - 266 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
"Book design by Jay Colvin"--Title page verso.
Three-way race -- Chain reactions -- How to build an atomic bomb -- Final assembly -- Epilogue -- Race to Trinity.
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.
Newbery Honor Book, 2013 Sibert Medal, 2013 YALSA Nonfiction Award Winner, 2013 National Book Award Finalist, 2013
9781596434875 9781480625440
2011044096
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--History.--Germany
Arms race.
Cold War.
Natural history.
Scientists.
Military history.
Dictators.
Dictators--Juvenile literature.
Newbery Medal: Honor book--2012.
War and conflict.
UG1282 / .B663 2012 UG1282
Bomb : the race to build--and steal--the world's most dangerous weapon / Race to build and steal the world's most dangerous weapon Steve Sheinkin. - First edition. - New York : Roaring Brook Press, (c)2012. - 266 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
"Book design by Jay Colvin"--Title page verso.
Three-way race -- Chain reactions -- How to build an atomic bomb -- Final assembly -- Epilogue -- Race to Trinity.
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.
Newbery Honor Book, 2013 Sibert Medal, 2013 YALSA Nonfiction Award Winner, 2013 National Book Award Finalist, 2013
9781596434875 9781480625440
2011044096
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--History.--Germany
Arms race.
Cold War.
Natural history.
Scientists.
Military history.
Dictators.
Dictators--Juvenile literature.
Newbery Medal: Honor book--2012.
War and conflict.
UG1282 / .B663 2012 UG1282