Countdown to Atomgeddon: The Race to Build the First Atomic Bomb

by James Howell

Book Overview

The story leading to the development and the first test of the atomic bomb is a complicated study in human endeavor under strict security and secrecy. During the later months of World War II in Europe, there was a growing concern that many of the scientists in Germany were in the process of developing a similar weapon that the United States was developing and eventually tested and deployed to end the war in the Pacific arena. Many scientists immigrated...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1956876537
• ISBN13: 9781956876536
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: Workbook Press
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"