New York Times bestselling author Sam Kean tells the incredible story of how a renegade group of spies kept Hitler from obtaining his ultimate prize: a nuclear bomb. Scientists have always kept secrets. But rarely in history have scientific secrets been as vital as they were during World War II. In the midst of planning the Manhattan Project, the U.S. Office of Strategic Services created a secret offshoot - the Alsos Mission - meant to gather intelligence on and sabotage if necessary, scientific research by the Axis powers. ...
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New York Times bestselling author Sam Kean tells the incredible story of how a renegade group of spies kept Hitler from obtaining his ultimate prize: a nuclear bomb. Scientists have always kept secrets. But rarely in history have scientific secrets been as vital as they were during World War II. In the midst of planning the Manhattan Project, the U.S. Office of Strategic Services created a secret offshoot - the Alsos Mission - meant to gather intelligence on and sabotage if necessary, scientific research by the Axis powers. What resulted was a plot worthy of the finest thriller, full of spies, sabotage, and murder. At its heart was the 'Lightning A' team, a group of intrepid soldiers, scientists, and spies - and even a famed baseball player - who were given almost free rein to get themselves embedded within the German scientific community to stop the most terrifying threat of the war: Hitler acquiring an atomic bomb of his very own. While the Manhattan Project and other feats of scientific genius continue to inspire us today, few people know about the international intrigue and double-dealing that accompanied those breakthroughs. Bastard Brigaderecounts this forgotten history, fusing a non-fiction spy thriller with some of the most incredible scientific ventures of all time. (P) 2019 Hachette Book Group Audio Ltd
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New. 0316381675. B & W; 5.5 X 1.23 X 8.25 inches; xiv, 447 pages; Soft cover has black spine with tan lettering. Illustrated with b/w photographs. 'Scientists have always kept secrets. But rarely have the secrets been as vital as they were during World War II. In the middle of building an atomic bomb, the leaders of the Manhattan Project were so alarmed to learn that the Nazis were outpacing the Allies in nuclear weapons research, they assembled a motley crew of geniuses--dubbed the Alsos Mission--and sent them careening into Axis territory. Thrust into the dark world of international espionage, these scientists and soldiers played a vital and largely unknown role in turning back one of the darkest tides in human history. There's an ex-Major League Baseball catcher turned clandestine spy. There's Joe Kennedy Jr., who died trying to out-macho his kid brother, future president John F. Kennedy. There are Nobel Prize winners, such as Werner Heisenberg, Albert Einstein, and Ire´ne Joliot-Curie, daughter of Marie Curie. And dozens more. From "one of America's smartest and most charming science writers" (NPR), comes the gripping, untold story of how Adolf Hitler was kept from obtaining the ultimate prize: a nuclear bomb'. Sources; index.
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