atomic bomb

In an alternate 1930s Europe, sixteen-year-old Sophie and Mikael, now more than a friend, investigate her parents' death, setting off a chain of events that unravels everything she thought she knew about her family, and involving them in international intrigue and the development of the atomic bomb.

Moving with his parents to a remote New Mexico location in the 1940s, twelve-year-old Fritz becomes suspicious about his father's secret work and begins to keep notes about events unfolding at the end of World War II.

Chronicles the secret four-year project led by Robert J. Oppenheimer at the Los Alamos Laboratory in New Mexico that resulted in the creation of the first atomic weapon, and discusses the controversy surrounding the dropping of the bomb on Japan in World War II.

Discusses the events and decisions that led to the bombing of Hiroshima in 1945, particularly Truman's role as decision maker and initiator of the act.

Contains photographs and text which provide a record of Hiroshima as it appears nearly a half century after it was decimated by an atomic bomb, and tells the stories of some of the people who survived the World War II attack.

Traces the history of the atomic bomb, discussing its creation, use, impact on World War II, and the influence atomic power has on the world.

Hospitalized with the dreaded atom bomb disease, leukemia, a child in Hiroshima by the name of Sadako races against time to fold one thousand paper cranes to verify the legend that by doing so a sick person will become healthy. After her death, Sadako's classmates campaign to build the Children's Peace Statue in memory of Sadako and the other children who were victims of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.

Surveys the Manhattan Project which resulted in the development of the atomic bomb, explaining some of its scientific underpinnings; and features a selection of first-hand accounts by people associated with the bomb, either as creator, deliverer, or victim.

Details the events and aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, in 1945, based on eyewitness accounts from survivors like Tsutomu Tamaguchi, who survived ground zero in both Hiroshima and Nagasaki.