Book #1 · Chapter Book · Ages 10–17 · 2000
The Manhattan Project and the Atomic Bomb
Scientists race in secret to build a weapon that could end a world war.
128 pages
Library Binding
Summary: During World War II, scientists in the United States, some of them refugees from war-torn Europe, raced to turn new discoveries into a weapon. This history follows the people behind the three-year Manhattan Project, the political, scientific and social questions the atomic bomb raised, and what living in a world with nuclear weapons means today.








