Introducing Ambiguous Bomb MakerThis is the story of a complex man full of mystery and ambition. Igor Kurchatov, Stalin's bomb maker, was the organizer of the Soviet atomic bomb project. He led the program responsible for building and designing nuclear weapons for the Soviet Union. What shaped Kurchatov and how did he become a man determined to build a bomb so powerful it can threaten the very existence of humanity? Born in 1903 in Simsky Zavod, in the Ural Mountains of the Soviet Union, Igor was considered a model student fascinated by the world of science. When World War I broke out, Russia's defeat sparked the communist revolution and civil war. The world he knew as a child was turned upside down and he was forced to question everything around him: his country, his beliefs and the purpose of his life. As a teenager, Kurchatov was surrounded by starvation and death. He learned to be interested in the means of survival, which helped him navigate the dangerous political seas of the time. Kurchatov eventually earned a degree in physics and managed to get a job at...