Sam Kean: The Bastard Brigade: The True Story of the Renegade Scientists and Spies Who Sabotaged the Nazi Atomic Bomb [2019] hardback MUSIC razor-sharp coming-of-age story that marks

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Sam Kean: The Bastard Brigade: The True Story of the Renegade Scientists and Spies Who Sabotaged the Nazi Atomic Bomb [2019] hardback MUSIC razor-sharp coming-of-age story that marksScientists have always kept secrets. But rarely in history have scientific secrets been as vital as they were during World War II. In the midst of planning the Manhattan Project, the U. S. Office of Strategic Services created a secret offshoot the Alsos Mission meant to gather intelligence on and sabotage if necessary, scientific research by the Axis powers. What resulted was a plot worthy of the finest thriller, full of spies, sabotage, and murder.