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

The Greatest Scientific Gamble

A Story of Impossible Odds, Rival Scientists, and the Atomic Bomb

By: Michael Joseloff

Paperback | 1 March 2026

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The Greatest Scientific Gamble weaves the stories of Enrico Fermi, J. Robert Oppenheimer, and Sam Goudsmit with that of Manhattan Project director Leslie Groves to create a high-stakes, big-picture narrative about the successes and setbacks of Manhattan Project scientists, Allied efforts to sabotage the German bomb program, and the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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