Bomb: The Race to Build and Steal the Worlds Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin Book Review
Written by: Steve Sheinkin Published by: Flash Point in 2012 ISBN: 978-1596434875 Plot Summary: This book starts out with Hitler's armies moving into Austria and Czechoslovakia while a German scientist named Otto Hahn discovers that uranium splits apart and releases energy. The physicist Lise Meitner is doing research on nuclear fission and decides that uranium is the perfect element for a nuclear bomb. Albert Einstein hears of this and tells President Roosevelt that the Germans are close to making a nuclear bomb so Roosevelt gets his best scientists on trying to match the Germans. Robert Oppenheimer offers his help and he begins designing the bomb for the US. The Soviets are too busy fighting the Germans so they decide to steal the design from America when they figure it out. The English and the Americans crate a joint bomb making task force to be the first to succeed. The Soviets cultivate a spy in Harry Gold who feeds them secrets to the bomb making process. The British train No