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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
In December of 1938, almost by accident, German chemist Otto Hahn experimented with uranium and found that its atoms split when put next to radioactive material. When word got out, physicists and chemists across the United States, Great Britain, Germany and the Soviet Union raced to find a way to make a bomb by splitting the atom.
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
A riveting graphic novel adaptation of the award-winning nonfiction book, Bomb—the fascinating and frightening true story of the creation behind the most destructive force that birthed the arms race and the Cold War. In December of 1938, a chemist in a German laboratory made a shocking discovery: When placed next to radioactive material, a Uranium atom split in two. That simple discovery launched a scientific race that spanned three continents....
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2023
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
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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