atomic bomb

This volume provides readers with a comprehensive examination of World War II.

Looks at the life and career of American scientist Robert Oppenheimer.

After months of seeking family members with the aunt she was visiting when Americans dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, in 1945, seven-year-old Hanako finally goes back to school and gets on with a life that leads, eventually, to her visiting Washington, D.C. and the church that provided them humanitarian aid. Based on first-hand accounts and interviews with survivors, and illustrated with paintings by Hiroshima children.

Chronicles the forty-seven years between the discovery of radium by Marie Curie in 1898 and the bombing of Hiroshima in 1945, and presents a profile of the people who played a role in the development of atomic power including Albert Einstein, Ernest Rutherford, Werner Heisenberg, and other.

Under Roosevelt, the Manhattan Project was launched with the goal of developing the atomic bomb and using it to end World War II.

"When we think of nuclear physics, we often think of nuclear power generation and nuclear weapons. However, nuclear physics has many other applications, including in the fields of nuclear medicine, materials engineering, geology and archaeology. The history of nuclear physics is full of fascinating figures--Rutherford, Geiger, Bohr, Einstein, Oppenheimer--and highly dramatic experiments, triumphs, and utter tragedies. This volume introduces readers to the most transformative science of the modern era by capturing both the promise and the peril of nuclear physics with compelling, comprehensible text, full-color photos and explanatory visual aids" -- Provided by publisher.

Describes the effect of the bombing of Hiroshima on six survivors of the atomic blast.