The Race To Build, And Steal, The World's Most Dangerous Weapon By Steve Sheinkin

The book Bomb: The Race to Build–and Steal–the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon is a thrilling, fast-paced story that refines a great deal of history into interesting and understandable literature for practically any age reader. The author, Steve Sheinkin, writes to tell the story of the first atomic bomb, the people who made it possible, and those who challenged its progress. Any person who is interested in science and history, or who likes “a quick read” can easily understand the creation of the atomic bomb by reading this book. Along with the science and mathematics of the atomic bomb, Sheinkin adds suspense and intrigue from the viewpoints of espionage agents from the Soviet Union, Germany, Great Britain, and the United States. Bomb is a book that contains abundant …show more content…
Sheinkin instead tells the start-to-finish tale of how the atom bomb came to be by sharing personal statements and stories of those directly involved in the crisis from around the world. Much of the book is based upon the happenings in the Manhattan Project, or the American and British project to build the atomic bomb before the rest of the world. A prologue about a spy rushing to destroy evidence begins the story and then the actual narrative commences with Robert Oppenheimer’s personal history leading up to his promotion to the head of the bomb project. Oppenheimer’s past is explained, and the journey to building the bomb begins. After Soviet spies gain access to American files through treason-committing citizens, the attack on Pearl Harbor leads to the race to make the first atomic bomb. Covert operations to sabotage foreign bomb making efforts are conducted, then the Manhattan Project, which is set up to create the American and British atomic bomb, is begun. Nearly six years of work and many espionage deals later, it is time to perilously test the atomic bomb. Following not even a month after the