Bomb
About this book
In December of 1938, a chemist in a German laboratory made a shocking discovery: When placed next to radioactive material, a Uranium atom split in two. That simple discovery launched a scientific race that spanned 3 continents. In Great Britain and the United States, Soviet spies worked their way into the scientific community; in Norway, a commando force slipped behind enemy lines to attack German heavy-water manufacturing; and deep in the desert, one brilliant group of scientists was hidden away at a remote site at Los Alamos. This is the story of the plotting, the risk-taking, the deceit, and genius that created the world's most formidable weapon. This is the story of the atomic bomb.
Subjects
- 623.4/5119
- age:max:13
- age:min:10
- arms race
- atomic bomb
- atomic bomb--germany--history
- atomic bomb--history
- atomic bomb, juvenile literature
- award:newbery_award
- award:sibert_award
- cold war
- cold war (1945-1989) cct
- cold war (1945-1989) fast (ocolc)fst01754978
- commando operations
- commando troops
- dictators
- grade:max:undefined
- grade:min:kindergarten and up
- history
- juvenile literature
- juvenile nonfiction
- lexile:920
- lexile_range:901-1000
- military history
- national book award finalist 2013
- natural history
- newbery honor
- newbery honor 2013
- newbery medal: honor book
- new york times bestseller
- nyt:childrens-middle-grade=2013-02-17
- operation freshman, 1942
- operation freshman (1942) cct
- operation freshman (1942) fast (ocolc)fst01046325
- scientists
- secret service
- sibert medal 2013
- ug1282.a8 s235 2012
- war and conflict
- world war, 1939-1945
- world war (1939-1945) cct
- world war, 1939-1945--commando operations
- world war, 1939-1945--commando operations--norway--vemork
- world war (1939-1945) fast (ocolc)fst01180924
- world war, 1939-1945, juvenile literature
- world war, 1939-1945, secret service
- world war, 1939-1945--secret service
- world war, 1939-1945--secret service--great britain
- world war, 1939-1945--secret service--soviet union