The Bastard Brigade the true story of the renegade scientists and spies who sabotaged the Nazi atomic bomb
New York Times bestselling author, Sam Kean, tells the incredible story of how a renegade group of spies kept Hitler from obtaining his ultimate prize: a nuclear bomb. Scientists 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, which was meant to...
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