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

By:

Sheinkin, Steve [Author]

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Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781596434875
1596434872
9781480625440
1480625442

Other title:

Race to build and steal the world's most dangerous weapon

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LOC classification:

UG1282.S543.B663 2012
UG1282.A8.C727.B663 2012

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Contents:

Three-way race Chain reactions How to build an atomic bomb Final assembly Epilogue Race to Trinity.

Awards:

Newbery Honor Book, 2013
Sibert Medal, 2013
YALSA Nonfiction Award Winner, 2013
National Book Award Finalist, 2013

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.

Item type: Juvenile Book (10-day checkout)

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Juvenile Book (10-day checkout)	G. Allen Fleece Library Newbery Award Collection - Second Floor	Fiction	UG1282.A8 S235 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		31923001762364

"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

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