Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon Themes

Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon Themes

Principles

Principles are something that you would never want to go through life without having, and yet sometimes they're the exact things that will get you in trouble. (We're not talking about the ones who...

Power

There are many different kinds of power, just as there are many different ways to wield it. It'd be hard to avoid discussions about power in Bomb: The Race to Build—And Steal—The World's Most D...

Science and Discovery

Pre-World War II was a super exciting time for theoretical physicists. They were starting to truly unlock the world of atoms and molecules for the first time, and it was exhilarating stuff. So when...

Fear

There's always going to be some element of fear in whatever you do: fear of failure, fear of the unknown, fear of clowns…Well, okay, maybe we're the ones with coulrophobia, but fear can be a pret...

Warfare

Warfare, despite all of its violence, is a delicate matter. Waging it can be easy, but winning it is really hard. In Bomb: The Race to Build—And Steal—The World's Most Dangerous Weapon, we see...

Patriotism

Patriotism can be a tough quality to nail down—everyone seems to have their own ideas about what it looks like. However, during World War II it was a bit clearer because people found themselves i...

Competition

The title says it all: Bomb: The Race to Build—And Steal—The World's Most Dangerous Weapon. This wasn't some massive, international science project; the attempt to build an atomic bomb was a he...

Lies and Deceit

There was so much lying in the race to build the bomb, it would've made awesome daytime TV. There were spies lying to their loved ones, government officials lying to the people they seemed to trust...