los alamos

"The world's greatest scientists gather in a secret town in the desert to develop the atomic bomb."--.

Discusses various topics connected to the production of the atom bomb, including the development of nuclear energy, work on atomic weapons at the Los Alamos and other sites, and the decision to use the first atomic bomb during World War II.

Wen Ho Lee, an American scientist born in Taiwan who had devoted almost his entire life to science and to helping improve U.S. defense capabilities, discusses how his life changed after he was accused of being a spy by members of Congress in the late 1990s.

Describes what it was like to be child in the secret community of Los Alamos, New Mexico in its first decade, 1943-1952, where the children of scientists, machinists, technicians, and construction workers grew up in the shadow of the Manhattan Project.