Montreal and the Bomb

By Gilles Sabourin

Book Overview

War is raging in Europe and the Allies are worried about advances being made by German scientists. The British want to get a jump on Hitler and Third Reich physicists. England is too close to the enemy, so they decide to secretly establish a nuclear research laboratory in Montreal. Some of the world's best scientists move to Montreal with two goals in mind: develop an ultra-powerful bomb and find a new source of energy. Though work begins as cooperation with the Americans, it becomes a race to harness the energy of the atom when Washington launches the Manhattan project. Montreal and the Bomb breathes new life into a little-known but exhilarating saga of top-level scientists secretly developing a strategic nuclear laboratory at the Université de Montréal. Their driving idea: master the atom, whatever the result may be. Gilles Sabourin is a nuclear engineer specialized in the safety of nuclear power plants. Montreal and the Bomb is the result of fifteen years of intensive research into the atomic energy adventure in Montreal during the Second World War. He lives in the Montreal area. Book jacket.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1771862653
• ISBN13: 9781771862653
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Baraka Books
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"