Bomb: The Race to Build--and Steal--the World's Most Dangerous
Weapon At the end of Steve Sheinkin's book BOMB: The Race to
Build --- and Steal --- The World’s Most Dangerous Weapon is a
copy of a letter to President Roosevelt from Albert Einstein.
Dated August 2nd, 1939, the letter outlines the potential for
Germany to weaponize uranium and the need for a coordinated
response from the scientific community. This letter provides the
theoretical framework for the Manhattan Project, an initiative
involving some of the greatest minds of the century to create
the world's first atom bomb. Steve Sheinkin’s BOMB: The Race to
Build --- and Steal --- The World’s Most Dangerous Weapon uses
the lives of scientists, saboteurs, and spies to tell the story
of the first atomic bomb. With material gleaned from archival
materials and declassified government reports, Sheinkin includes
tales of Norweigan saboteurs who helped destroy Hitler’s
capability to create nuclear materials, as well as the stories
of numerous spies who fer