num_pages: 112
description: Against the backdrop of World War II, scientists in the United States worked frantically to unlock and forge the tremendous energy of the atom into a weapon. They succeeded in ending the war, but in so doing created a force that carried the potential both for humanity's welfare and its destruction.
language: English
title: The Atom Bomb
titlecomplete: The Atom Bomb (Building History)
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Lucent Books