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Bomb : the race to build and steal the world's most dangerous weapon
Record details
- ISBN: 9781596438613 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 1596438614 (electronic bk.)
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Physical Description:
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1 online resource (266 pages) : illustrations. - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Roaring Brook Press, c2012
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Book design by Jay Colvin"--title page verso. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [243]-259) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Three-way race -- Chain reactions -- How to build an atomic bomb -- Final assembly. |
| Awards Note: | Newbery Honor Book, 2013 Sibert Medal, 2013 YALSA Nonfiction Award Winner, 2013 National Book Award Finalist, 2013 |
| Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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| Genre: | Newbery Medal: Honor book > 2012. War and conflict Electronic books. |
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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.
