Bibliograph

The atomic women, the untold stories of the scientists who helped create the nuclear bomb, Roseanne Montillo

Type

Label

The atomic women, the untold stories of the scientists who helped create the nuclear bomb, Roseanne Montillo

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

resource.interestAgeLevel

Ages 12 and up

resource.interestGradeLevel

Grades 7 and up

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The atomic women

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1077635207

Responsibility statement

Roseanne Montillo

Sub title

the untold stories of the scientists who helped create the nuclear bomb

Summary

Introduces younger readers to the stories of Lise Meitner, Elizabeth Rona and Joan Hinton, revealing their less-recognized but essential contributions to the development of the atomic bomb while sharing related insights into the moral implications of their achievements

Table Of Contents

A European beginning -- All that glitters -- A shy and quiet girl -- A life in learning -- Power couple -- In exile -- A secret project -- Bomb making in America -- Of a kind -- The general and the atheist -- American life -- Recruiting -- Leona -- Coworkers -- The reactor -- Diz -- The professor and the apprentice -- Chicago pile 1 -- The Los Alamos visit -- Coming to America -- Trinity -- The end and the beginning

Target audience

adolescent

Classification