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Wilhelm's Way: The Inspiring Story of the Iowa Chemist Who Saved the Manhattan Project

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Winner of the Minnesota Book Award

Recipient of the Excellence in Iowa History Award


The untold story of the humble man whose scientific innovation helped end World War II

In February 1942, leaders of the Manhattan Project had a problem: to prove a controlled nuclear chain reaction was possible, they needed pure uranium-tons of it and in less than ten months. With only a few grams in existence, there was little hope anyone could achieve such a feat. Harley Wilhelm, a chemistry professor at I...