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Genre/Form: | Newbery Medal: Honor book War and conflict Young adult nonfiction History JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / United States / 19th Century Juvenile literature |
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Material Type: | Juvenile audience, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Steve Sheinkin; Jay Colvin; Roaring Brook Press,; R.R. Donnelley and Sons Company, |
ISBN: | 9781596434875 1596434872 9781480625440 1480625442 9780545617499 0545617499 |
OCLC Number: | 758244492 |
Notes: | "Book design by Jay Colvin"--Title page verso. |
Awards: | Newbery Honor Book, 2013 Sibert Medal, 2013 YALSA Nonfiction Award Winner, 2013 National Book Award Finalist, 2013 |
Description: | 266 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents: | Three-way race -- Chain reactions -- How to build an atomic bomb -- Final assembly -- Race to Trinity. |
Other Titles: | Race to build and steal the world's most dangerous weapon |
Responsibility: | Steve Sheinkin. |
More information: |
Abstract:
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.
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