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The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II

Denise Kiernan

Start date: January 10, 2015

Finish date: January 24, 2015

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Jan 15, 2017 Donna rated it liked it

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3.5 stars

Though catalogued as a history book about military history of World War II, there is much more to the story than that. Oak Ridge, Tennessee, was born to become the center for enriching uranium to be used in the first atomic bombs. What interested me more was the sociological story of its inhabitants.

Why do people agree to pack up their lives and move to an unknown place to do unknown work for an unnamed goal? Is there something special about the Greatest Generation that we can never ex ...more

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Sep 28, 2014 Emily Williams rated it really liked it · review of another edition

A book about women and nuclear history? As someone who formerly worked in nuclear nonproliferation, this book had my name written on it and I loved it. The book offered glimpses into the women of Oak Ridge and was told in a slightly choppy style, mirroring the secrecy and compartmentalization that occurred at the facility. Definitely a worthy read for anyone interested in nuclear history.

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