02885cam a2200325 4500 530097670 TxAuBib 20210910120000.0 ||||||s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781328459855 1328459853 B07T4J3Z3V Amazon 779f9618-cd5f-4465-b5ff-50845429b0d4 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 4787706 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Holmes, Jamie. 12 Seconds of Silence [Libby] : How a Team of Inventors, Tinkerers, and Spies Took Down a Nazi Superweapon. HMH Books, 2020. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 21MB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. History. Military. Nonfiction. HTML:<p><b>The riveting story of the American scientists, tinkerers, and nerds who solved one of the biggest puzzles of World War II—and developed one of the most powerful weapons of the war</b><br /> <br /> <i>12 Seconds of Silence</i> is the remarkable, lost story of how a rag tag group of American scientists overcame one of the toughest problems of World War II: Shooting things out of the sky.<br /> <br /> Working in a secretive organization known as Section T, a team of physicists, engineers, and everyday Joes and Janes took on a devilish challenge. To help the Allies knock airplanes out of the air, they created one of the world's first "smart weapons." Against overwhelming odds and in a race against time, mustering every scrap of resource, ingenuity, and insight, the scientists of Section T would eventually save countless lives, rescue the city of London from the onslaught of a Nazi superweapon, and help bring about the Axis defeat. A holy grail sought after by Allied and Axis powers alike, their unlikely innovation ranks with the atomic bomb as one of the most revolutionary technologies of the Second World War. Until now, their tale was largely untold.<br /> <br /> For fans of Erik Larson and Ben Macintyre, set amidst the fog of espionage, dueling spies, and the dawn of an age when science would determine the fate of the world, <i>12 Seconds of Silence</i> is a tribute to the extraordinary wartime mobilization of American science and the ultimate can-do story.</p>. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 17:40:22. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=779f9618-cd5f-4465-b5ff-50845429b0d4&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=779f9618-cd5f-4465-b5ff-50845429b0d4&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=779f9618-cd5f-4465-b5ff-50845429b0d4&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)