In the intriguing story, Bomb, Steve Sheinkin shows us that the hunger for power created a strong challenge in World War ll. That challenge was the race to make the world’s most dangerous weapon, the atomic bomb. The three main types of power in the novel are scientific power, military power, and last but most definitely not least, global dominance. My first main power in this story is scientific power. For example, the U.S. is trying to keep Germany and the Soviet Union from figuring out how making the atomic bomb. One quote to support my evidence was the letter from Albert Einstein to the White House, Einstein urges President Roosevelt to build a bomb before anyone else does. “One day man will release and control its almost infinite power.