The Manhattan Project was a U.S. government research project that produced the first atomic bombs. The book I'm reading is "Bomb." It is about the race to build, and steal, the world's most dangerous weapon. "Sheinkin, Steve. Bomb. 2013." The Manhattan Project takes place during World War 2 and is between the U.S., Great Britain, Canada, and Germany. However, "Bomb" focuses on the U.S. and their success in building the weapon to end WW2. So far in the book, a German chemist named Otto Hahn has discovered that if you place uranium beside a radioactive element, the neutrons would speed out of the radioactive material, creating an explosion. This was a huge discovery and the word spread from scientist to scientist. Now that everyone in the world knew about the potential bomb, the race began to build it. Everything explained in "Bomb" is what actually happened with the real life Manhattan Project. The U.S., as a country, was determined to beat Germany, knowing the possible outcome if Germany were to build a dangerous bomb before them. The characters in my book are from different nations and all have different perspectives of the atomic bomb, but majority of the characters are scientists working for America in the race. They feel the same way as the country. They are determined to beat Germany because they know, with this bomb, Germany could cause some major destruction and make every other side in the war surrender. That could lead to even worse things like Germany taking over every single country. These scientists know they have to work 24/7 if they want to win this race. My book also mentions a lot about spies, with some major characters being spies. Spying is very common in wars, but is especially important to the Manhattan Project. Although the scientists are the ones building the bomb, the spies are doing a lot of the risky work. With the Manhattan Project, it was their job to find out how much progress other countries have made on the bomb and potentially steal their ideas, if they're on their way to succeeding.
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