I remember being in 10th grade World History and learning all about WWII and the atomic bomb. I also remember that my teacher could never really explain how such a devastating weapon functioned. She would simply say, "An atom splits and it explodes." Although I appreciate her attempt, I never understood how a thing as small as an atom could be split, and beyond that, how an atom could cause such a grand explosion. I tried Wikipedia but that just complicated things even more. I never truly understood the atomic bomb until I picked up this graphic novel.
The graphic novel does a great job in explaining every single event that lead to the bomb's creation. It does it all chronologically, so page-flipping is not necessary. The book also introduces A LOT of names that you have probably never heard of before, but they are all tied to the events so it isn't pointless information. The book jumps from location to location with ease and it's hard to get lost since the author/artist makes good distinctions when the timeline jumps.
Another aspect of this graphic novel that I really, really loved was that the science aspect of it (there's a lot of science in this graphic novel) is explained and depicted. Every step that there is to creating an atomic bomb and its explosion is drawn out. Unless you became a Chemistry Major after high school, then remembering all those concepts is difficult. I actually understood the science concepts because of his drawings.
The author also ends the graphic novel with an opinion of his own, which is cool since most of the graphic novel was very fact-oriented.
If I were back in high school I would have loved to read this book, not just because it has pictures, but because it is easy to follow, entertaining, and highly informative.
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Well done
The graphic novel was very well done and thought provoking. It shows the horrors of what the bomb has done and is capable of & the exciting new knowledge in the field of chemistry ⚗️ when it was created. It was a wonderful depiction of the Manhattan project. The writing and the illustrations were well done 👏!
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