Table of Contents
Note to Teachers...............................................................................iv
Prologue ............................................................................................ v
1: The Big Dreams of Gisela, Gusti, and Lise .................................. 1
2: Overcoming the Obstacles and Achieving the Dream ................. 5
3: Dreams Collide ............................................................................. 9
4: Watching the Dream Disappear ..................................................15
5: The Escape..................................................................................21
6: The Revolutionary Atomic Fission Theory.................................25
7: The Switch: Nuclear Energy Goes to America ........................... 31
8: Remembering the Good Times and the Bad Times .................... 37
The Surrounding Stories ................................................................. 41
Partial List of References................................................................51
Answers........................................................................................... 53
Acknowledgments........................................................................... 73