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

Before Oppenheimer There Was Wilhelm. 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 Iowa State College, rose to the challenge. Wilhelm’s Way: The Inspiring Story of the Iowa Chemist Who Saved the Manhattan Project reveals the life and times of the unsung hero who helped America win the race to build the atomic bomb and end World War II. Award-winning author Teresa Wilhelm Waldof is the world’s leading expert on the Ames Project section of the Manhattan Project. Wilhelm's Way won the Minnesota Book Award for nonfiction and the Excellence in Iowa History Award Certificate of Merit. She holds a BA in speech communications and an MBA from the University of Minnesota. This program is made possible by a generous gift from Cheryl and Brian Partridge.