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02967aam a2200553 i 4500 001 20E2003AA49B11EA9676382F97128E48 003 SILO 005 20200602013355 008 181023s2020 nyua d b 001 0ceng 010 $a 2018050922 020 $a 031648959X 020 $a 9780316489591 035 $a (OCoLC)1077635207 040 $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d DLC $d TnLvILS $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a QC15 $b .M56 2020 082 00 $a 355.8/2511909252 $2 23 100 1 $a Montillo, Roseanne $e author. 245 10 $a Atomic Women : $b The untold stories of the scientists who helped create the nuclear bomb / $c Roseanne Montillo 264 1 $a New York : $b Little, Brown and Company, $c 2020 300 $a 266 pages : $b illustrations ; 520 $a Meet the World War II female scientists who worked in the secret sites of the Manhattan Project. 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. In fact, their involvement was critical to its success, though many of them were not fully aware of the consequences. $c From publisher's description. 505 0 $a Part one: A European beginning. All that glitters -- A shy and quiet girl -- A life in learning -- Power couple -- In exile -- A secretproject -- Part two: Bomb making in America. Two of a kind -- The general and the scientist -- American life -- Recruiting -- Leona -- Coworkers -- The reactor -- Diz -- The professor and the apprentice -- Chicago Pile-1 -- The Los Alamos visit -- Coming to America -- Trinity -- The end and the beginning. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-257) and index. 650 0 $a Women physicists $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Nuclear engineers $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Nuclear physics $x History $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Nuclear weapons $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 1 $a Women physicists $v Biography. 650 1 $a Nuclear engineers $v Biography. 650 1 $a Nuclear physics $x History $x History $y 20th century. 650 1 $a Nuclear weapons $x History $y 20th century. 941 $a 14 952 $l SFPH074 $d 20240716031015.0 952 $l JSPB572 $d 20240323012204.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117012910.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20231012022706.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20220909064320.0 952 $l GFPE771 $d 20220806014220.0 952 $l DMPC403 $d 20220806010717.0 952 $l BJPD251 $d 20211215025013.0 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20211020011017.0 952 $l WSPF215 $d 20210504012420.0 952 $l HPPD845 $d 20201201010452.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20201007083102.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20200805010620.0 952 $l XBPE737 $d 20200602020815.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=20E2003AA49B11EA9676382F97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search