The Race for Nuclear Power
The heroism of D-Day is immortalized in history books, but far less attention is given to the individuals who worked undercover to prevent Germany from developing an atomic bomb during WWII. In his new book, The Bastard Brigade: The True Story of the Renegade Scientists and Spies Who Sabotaged the Nazi Atomic Bomb, science writer Sam Kean tells the stories of the men and women who made up the Alsos Mission, or the \u201cBastard Brigade.\u201d They worked tirelessly to make sure Germany\u2019s (impressive) scientific discoveries wouldn\u2019t change the course of the war.