6 audio discs (7 hr., 12 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
spoken word spw rdacontent
audio s rdamedia
audio disc sd rdacarrier
Note
Subtitle from cover.
Compact discs.
Duration: ca. 7:12:00.
Performer
Read by Roy Samuelson.
Audience
009-014.
3-6.
Summary
Recounts the scientific discoveries that enabled atom splitting, the military intelligence operations that occurred in rival countries, and the work of brilliant scientists hidden at Los Alamos.
Contents
Three-way race -- Chain reactions -- How to build an atomic bomb -- Final assembly.