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Sheinkin, Steve.
Bomb :
the race to build and steal the world's most dangerous weapon /
Steve Sheinkin.
Race to build and steal the world's most dangerous weapon.
New York :
Roaring Brook Press,
2012.
266 p. :
ill. ;
24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-259) and index.
Three-Way Race -- Chain Reactions -- How to Build an Atomic Bomb -- Final Assembly.
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.
20130307.
Atomic bomb
History.
Atomic bomb
Germany
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.