The Bomb: The Weapon That Changed the World

“I feel this book is really important, because it’s easier to swallow than many of the big books that we have on the history of the A-bomb…The story is really emotional when you see it in pictures. In the beginning, you see the excitement in the scientists’ faces when they discover the chain reaction. It’s an incredible thing. They go into a squash court at the University of Chicago, and it actually happens. Everybody’s shocked and amazed and excited… The way they depict Einstein and his suffering… Everybody was saying, ‘We need to have the A-bomb.’ But then, when you have it, you realize you’ve created a monster.” Read more...

Five Graphic Novels People Need to Read

Ivanka Hahnenberger, Translator