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Author	Sheinkin, Steve.
Title	Bomb : the race to build and steal the world's most dangerous weapon / Steve Sheinkin.
Publication Info.	New York : Roaring Brook Press, c2012.

Location	Call No.	Status
Children's Non-Fiction	Juv. 940.53 S	IN LIBRARY

Edition	First ed.
Description	266 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-259) and index.
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.
Contents	Three-Way Race -- Chain Reactions -- How to Build an Atomic Bomb -- Final Assembly.
Subject	Atomic bomb -- History -- Juvenile literature.
	World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Soviet Union -- Juvenile literature.
	World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Great Britain -- Juvenile literature.
	World War, 1939-1945 -- Commando operations -- Norway -- Vemork -- Juvenile literature.
	Operation Freshman, 1942 -- Juvenile literature.
	Atomic bomb -- Germany -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Added Title	Race to build and steal the world's most dangerous weapon
ISBN	9781596434875 (hc)
	1596434872 (hc)

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