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The bastard brigade : the true story of the renegade scientists and spies who sabotaged the Nazi atomic bomb Cover Image Book

The bastard brigade : the true story of the renegade scientists and spies who sabotaged the Nazi atomic bomb / Sam Kean.

Kean, Sam, (author.).

Summary:

Traces the story of a renegade group of soldiers, scientists, and spies who were sent into Axis territory to spy on and sabotage Germany's nuclear weapons research and prevent Hitler from obtaining a nuclear bomb.

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  • ISBN: 9780316381680
  • ISBN: 0316381683
  • ISBN: 9780316381673
  • Physical Description: xii, 447 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2019.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 429-433) and index.

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United States. War Department. Alsos Mission.
Atomic bomb > Germany > History > 20th century.
Nuclear physics > Research > Germany.
Science > Germany > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Technology.
World War, 1939-1945 > Science.
Arms race > History > 20th century.
National socialism and science.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Iredell County Public Library.

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