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The Greatest Scientific Gamble: A Story of Impossible Odds, Rival Scientists, and the Atomic Bomb

The Greatest Scientific Gamble: A Story of Impossible Odds, Rival Scientists, and the Atomic Bomb

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Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 284 pages
Publication date: 01 March 2026
Publisher: Michigan State University Press

German scientist Werner Heisenberg and American physicists Robert Oppenheimer, Enrico Fermi, and Sam Goudsmit were all leading figures in nuclear research. Meanwhile, Sam Goudsmit led a secret military unit tasked with tracking down Heisenberg and uncovering the truth about the Nazi nuclear program.

Weight: 481g
Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781611865592

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