were tolerated more than included") and deep ambivalence about the bomb ("How would she be able to live with it herself?") recur as themes. In blunt, declarative prose, Montillo sketches lives and careers. The second section, set in the U.S., focuses on the women scientists developing the bomb, including Hinton. devastating consequences in the rush to build the atomic bomb," and Lise Meitner, whose theory of fission underpinned the bomb effort. The first, set in Europe, traces the origins of nuclear science, introducing Marie Curie, whose findings "would have. On a July morning in 1945, Joan Hinton saw a world-changing explosion: "It was like being at the bottom of an ocean of light." Hinton, a physicist, was one of the many women scientists integral to the development of the atomic bomb whose stories anchor Montillo's (Fire on the Track for adults) narrative in two sections. This book explores not just the critical steps toward the creation of a successful nuclear bomb, but also the moral implications of such an invention. The atomic women include: Lise Meitner and Irène Joliot-Curie (daughter of Marie Curie), who laid the groundwork for the Manhattan Project from Europe Elizabeth Rona, the foremost expert in plutonium, who gave rise to the "Fat Man" and "Little Boy," the bombs dropped over Japan Leona Woods, Elizabeth Graves, and Joan Hinton, who were inspired by European scientific ideals but carved their own paths In fact, their involvement was critical to its success, though many of them were not fully aware of the consequences. Recruited not only from labs and universities from across the United States but also from countries abroad, these scientists helped in-and often initiated-the development of the atomic bomb, taking starring roles in the Manhattan Project. They were leaning over the edge of the unknown and afraid of what they would discover there-meet the World War II female scientists who worked in the secret sites of the Manhattan Project. Bomb meets Code Girls in this nonfiction narrative about the little-known female scientists who were critical to the invention of the atomic bomb during World War II.
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