Cohen's conversion into a field operative later in the book is a stretch. Diagrams help illustrate the scientific concepts involved, and the story line is laced with stranger-than-fiction facts, such as the national security apparatus's concerns that stories in the magazine Astounding Science Fiction were based on leaks of classified information. En route to that deployment, Benford brings to life all the heavy hitters involved in the Manhattan Project, such as Enrico Fermi, Leo Szilard, and Robert Oppenheimer. Gregory Benford (born January 30, 1941) is an American science fiction author and astrophysicist who is. The Berlin Project Show full title By Gregory Benford 4 / 5 ( 7 ratings ) About this ebook New York Times bestselling author Gregory Benford creates an alternate history about the creation of the atomic bomb that explores what could have happened if the bomb was ready to be used by June 6, 1944. Chemist Karl Cohen's suggestion that centrifuges be used to create the weapon accelerates the production process, so that it's available for use in 1944, against a different Axis enemy than the Japanese.

New York: Saga Press, 2017 Identifiers: LCCN 2016040114 (print)ISBN. Combining fascinating science with intimate and true accounts of several members of The Manhattan Project, The Berlin Projectis an astounding novel that reimagines history and what could have happened if the atom bomb was ready in time to stop Hitler from killing millions of people. SF author Benford (the Galactic Center series) makes the relevant science accessible to the lay reader in this intriguing alternate history thriller that speculates on the road not taken in the U.S.'s frantic path toward developing an atomic bomb during WWII. Title: The Berlin Project / Gregory Benford.

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