J. Robert Oppenheimer
Brilliant, charming and extremely insecure – a dangerous combination
Madame Curie
The Mother of Radioactivity loves to feel the burn.
Enrico Fermi
The irrepressible Italian with the triumphant grin. Madly, passionately in love with Physics — and Laura.
Laura Fermi
Science author, long-suffering wife of Enrico. “I iron your shirts every day. How seriously can I take you?”
Niels Bohr
A giant of Physics with enormous moral and physical courage — also unbeatable at ping pong.
Lise Meitner
As brilliant as she is shy, Meitner uncovers the secret of fission — and the world is torn apart.
Edward Teller
Maniacally intense, the brainy Hungarian with the crazy eyebrows is trouble.
General Groves
Doesn’t suffer fools gladly. Or Nobel Prize-winners either.
Leo Szilard
One of the most original minds on the planet. With an infuriating personality to match.
Werner Heisenberg
Everybody loves the Golden Boy Genius. Until he starts making an atomic bomb for Adolf Hitler.
Heavy Water
The Big Wet Guy’s great at producing chain reactions. The Nazis want him bad. The Allies want him dead.
The Neutron
Who would have thought this tiny little thing would cause so much trouble?
Uranium
The element with a terrifying split personality
Plutonium
The first man-made element — God had nothing to do with it. The Devil maybe did.
La Bomba
Bow down before the Bitch Goddess.