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Rotter, Andrew Jon.

Summary: Reveals the international story behind the creation of the atom bomb and the development of the modern age, as it discusses the crises that led to the Second World War, unsuccessful attempts to control the spread of nuclear weapons, the political and strategic decisions that led to the bomb, and its implications for the modern world.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2008

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 355.8 ROT

MacCarald, Clara

Summary: Gives readers a behind-the-scenes look at the invention of the atomic bomb. Additional features include a table of contents, a Fast Facts spread, critical-thinking questions, primary source quotes and accompanying source notes, a phonetic glossary, an index, and sources for further research.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2017

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 609 MAC

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J609 MOM

Summary: The Bomb tells the story of the most powerful and destructive device ever invented. Learn how humans harnessed this incredible power and what challenges we have faced living with it since 1945. With newly restored footage of nuclear weaponry, some of which has only recently been declassified, go behind the scenes of the first atomic bomb, revealing how it was developed and how it changed the...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2015

View online at Hoopla

Summary: Enola Gay: Get a look inside the bomber that helped bring WWII to a stop, development of the atomic bomb, and the aftermath. Hiroshima: Fifty years after America dropped the first atomic bomb, this documentary looks at the events leading up to its use in the light of new information about a hidden agenda. Did top military officials order the attack despite knowing that Japan was willing to...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Home Video 2005

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ENO

Summary: Chronicles the top secret, strange and visually compelling history of the design, production and testing of atomic and hydrogen bombs by the U.S.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by VCE 2006

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TRI

Sheinkin, Steve.

Summary: 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.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House/Listening Library 2013

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 623.4 SHE

Sheinkin, Steve.

Summary: 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.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2012

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 623.4 SHE

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