copyright 1960; Grosset & Dunlap publishers, New York; hardbound; good/fair condition with light stain on front board and minor wear; no dust jacket.
Description -
In 1942, when fifteen year old Tony Brenner started to give his talk on neutrons before his High School Science Club, he never expected to be spirited away - because he was a threat to the security of the United States.
As a result of the talk, Tony found himself working on a secret project with his father, a physicist, and his father's colleagues, several of them Nobel Prize winners. Tony could hardly believe it all - that two little pounds of a mysterious gray metal would one day send off a skyrocketing, mushroom-shaped blast felt over two hundred miles away; and that he was taking part in the race to perfect the atomic bomb.
Through Tony's experiences, every exciting detail of the most far-reaching scientific experiments of our time come to life - from the early discoveries to the release of the first atomic bomb, which was to bring World War II to a sudden and unforgettable close. This book recreates one of the most exciting and awesome moments in the history of the world - the moment both great and terrible that ushered in the Atomic Era.