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- The Atomic City girls / by Beard, Janet,author.;
"In November 1944, eighteen-year-old June Walker boards an unmarked bus, destined for a city that doesn't officially exist. Oak Ridge, Tennessee has sprung up in a matter of months, a town of trailers and segregated houses, 24-hour cafeterias, and constant security checks. There, June joins hundreds of other young girls operating massive machines whose purpose is never explained. They know they are helping to win the war, but must ask no questions and reveal nothing to outsiders. The girls spend their evenings socializing and flirting with soldiers, scientists, and workmen at dances and movies, bowling alleys and canteens. June longs to know more about their top-secret assignment and begins an affair with Sam Cantor, the young Jewish physicist from New York who oversees the lab where she works and understands the end goal only too well, while her beautiful roommate Cici is on her own mission: to find a wealthy husband and escape her sharecropper roots. Across town, African-American construction worker Joe Brewer knows nothing of the government's plans, only that his new job pays enough to make it worth leaving his family behind, at least for now. But a breach in security will intertwine his fate with June's search for answers. When the bombing of Hiroshima brings the truth about Oak Ridge into devastating focus, June must confront her ideals about loyalty, patriotism, and war itself."--- Subjects: Historical fiction.; Women employees; World War, 1939-1945;
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- Atoms and ashes : a global history of nuclear disasters / by Plokhy, Serhii,1957-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A chilling account of seventy years of nuclear catastrophes, by the author of the "definitive" (Economist) Cold War history, Nuclear Folly. Nuclear energy was embraced across the globe at the height of the nuclear industry in the 1960s and 1970s; today, there are 440 nuclear reactors operating throughout the world, with nuclear power providing 10 percent of world electricity. Yet as the world seeks to reduce carbon emissions to combat climate change, the question arises: Just how safe is nuclear energy? Atoms and Ashes recounts the dramatic history of nuclear accidents that have dogged the industry in its military and civil incarnations since the 1950s. Through the stories of six terrifying major incidents--Bikini Atoll, Kyshtym, Windscale, Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and Fukushima--Cold War expert Serhii Plokhy explores the risks of nuclear power, both for military and peaceful purposes, while offering a vivid account of how individuals and governments make decisions under extraordinary circumstances. Atoms and Ashes provides a crucial perspective on the most dangerous nuclear disasters of the past, in order to safeguard our future"--- Subjects: Nuclear accidents; Nuclear engineering; Nuclear engineering; Nuclear weapons;
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- Professor Astro Cat's atomic adventure : a journey through physics / by Walliman, Dominic,Dr.; Newman, Ben.;
Professor Astro Cat introduces the world of physics.LSC- Subjects: Physics;
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- Hiroshima : birth of the nuclear age / by Burgan, Michael.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 116-122), Internet addresses and index.LSC- Subjects: Atomic bomb;
- © c2010., Marshall Cavendish Benchmark,
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- Hiroshima Nagasaki : the real story of the atomic bombings and their aftermath / by Ham, Paul.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.LSC- Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; Atomic bomb victims; Atomic bomb victims; Atomic bomb;
- © 2014, c2011., Thomas Dunne,
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- Countdown 1945 : the extraordinary story of the atomic bomb and the 116 days that changed the world / by Wallace, Chris,author.; Weiss, Mitch,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-296) and index.A "behind-the-scenes account of the 116 days leading up to the Americans attack on Hiroshima"--Dust jacket flap.- Subjects: Atomic bomb; World War, 1939-1945.;
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- Matter / by Squire, Ann.;
Includes bibliographical references, Internet address, and index.Explains what forms matter can take, how and why matter goes through changes, and more.LSC- Subjects: Matter; Matter; Atoms;
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- The winter fortress : the epic mission to sabotage Hitler's atomic bomb / by Bascomb, Neal,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-365) and index.Documents the Allied raid against occupied Norway's Vermork hydroelectric plant, the world's only supplier of the heavy water needed by the Nazis to build an atomic bomb, citing the teamwork of spies and commandos that foiled Hitler's nuclear ambitions.- Subjects: Atomic bomb; Sabotage; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
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- And then the sky exploded / by Poulsen, David A.,1946-;
While attending the funeral of his great-grandfather, ninth-grader Christian Larkin learns that the man he loved and respected was a member of the Manhattan Project, the team that designed and created the atomic bombs dropped on Japan during the Second World War. LSC- Subjects: Manhattan Project (U.S.); Atomic bomb; Teenagers; Great-grandfathers;
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- Particle physics brick by brick : atomic and subatomic physics explained ... in Lego / by Still, Ben,author.;
"Particle Physics Brick by Brick explains atomic and subatomic physics using illustrated LEGO pieces. Universal forces and building blocks are explored, including: electrons, muons, taus, neutrions, quarks, leptons, fermions, bosons, gluons, photons, gravitons, strong force, weak force, and electromagnetic force."--- Subjects: Particles (Nuclear physics);
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