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The bastard brigade : the true story of the renegade scientists and spies who sabotaged the Nazi atomic bomb
- Title
- The bastard brigade : the true story of the renegade scientists and spies who sabotaged the Nazi atomic bomb / Sam Kean.
- Author
- Kean, Sam
- Publication
- New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2019.
- ©2019
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Details
- Description
- xii, 447 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits; 25 cm
- Summary
- The leaders of the Manhattan Project were alarmed to learn that Nazi Germany was far outpacing the Allies in nuclear weapons research. Hitler would soon have the capability to reverse the entire D-Day operation and conquer Europe. Kean tells the story of a rough and motley crew of geniuses-- dubbed the Alsos Mission-- sent into Axis territory to spy on, sabotage, and even assassinate members of Nazi Germany's feared Uranium Club. The Mission included Moe Berg, a major league catcher and multilingual international spy; Joe Kennedy Jr, whose need for adventure lead him to volunteer for the dangerous mission; and Irène and Frederic Joliot-Curie, a physics Nobel-Prize winning power couple who became active members of the resistance. -- adapted from jacket
- Subject
- United States. War Department. Alsos Mission
- World War (1939-1945)
- 1900-1999
- Atomic bomb > Germany > History > 20th century
- World War, 1939-1945 > Science
- Nuclear physics > Research > Germany
- Science > Germany > History > 20th century
- HISTORY / Military / World War II
- HISTORY / Military / Nuclear Warfare
- HISTORY / Europe / Germany
- Atomic bomb
- Nuclear physics > Research
- Science
- Germany
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 429-433) and index.
- Contents
- Prologue: Summer of '44 -- Prewar, to 1939 -- 1940-1941 -- 1942 -- 1943 -- 1944 -- 1945.
- Call Number
- JFE 19-7439
- ISBN
- 9780316381680
- 0316381683
- LCCN
- 2019939370
- OCLC
- 1105929368
- Author
- Kean, Sam, author.
- Title
- The bastard brigade : the true story of the renegade scientists and spies who sabotaged the Nazi atomic bomb / Sam Kean.
- Publisher
- New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2019.
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 429-433) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Research Call Number
- JFE 19-7439