{"product_id":"the-impossible-bomb-gareth-williams-9780300284881","title":"The Impossible Bomb: The Hidden History of British Scientists and the Race to Create an Atomic Weapon","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe remarkable story of the forgotten British scientists who enabled the Manhattan Project to create the atomic bomb\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Atomic weaponry is widely understood as a story of American scientific achievement--but scientists working in Britain played a vital role in its development. Including Nobel Prize winners and Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany, these scientists have long since been forgotten. But without their expertise, Robert Oppenheimer's research at Los Alamos would never have succeeded. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Gareth Williams unearths the true story of the top-secret British atomic programme, codenamed \"Tube Alloys,\" established in 1940. These pioneering scientists struggled to convince sceptics in Britain and the USA that an atomic \"super-bomb\" capable of destroying entire cities was feasible, and could be built in time to influence the outcome of the Second World War. Williams shows how the British atomic programme, despite the often disruptive involvement of political leaders such as Winston Churchill, was vital to the success of the Manhattan Project. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Impossible Bomb\u003c\/i\u003e sheds new light on how humanity's deadliest weapons came to exist--and the massive destruction they wrought.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gareth Williams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300284888\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300284881\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/02\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Gareth Williams","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46880907264255,"sku":"9780300284881","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_789a6591-441f-4b11-b3b2-e542d734ea39.jpg?v=1747970082","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-impossible-bomb-gareth-williams-9780300284881","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}