So why not the atomic bomb? Nazi Germany ... In the end, the project decided to use heavy water—oxygen combined with the rare heavy isotope of hydrogen—instead of water or graphite.

Heavy water is a form of water with a unique atomic structure and properties coveted for the production of nuclear power and weapons. Like ordinary water—H 2 0—each molecule of heavy water ...

Perhaps most importantly, Germany developed gas centrifuges, which are more efficient than calutrons and gaseous diffusion for uranium enrichment, and which therefore have now become the preferred ...

Set in German-occupied Norway, this is an embellished account of the remarkable efforts of the Norwegian resistance to sabotage the German development of the atomic bomb. Resistance fighter Knut ...