Radiance: A NovelMacmillan, 2003 - 400 pagini Born from the threat of nuclear weapons comes a program to build an impenetrable defense against them. The technical obstacles are enormous, the costs exorbitant, and the results dubious. Philip Quine didn't come to the Lab to work on weapons, but his expertise with X-rays leads him to Superbright, in theory an orbital battle-station to shoot down missiles, in reality little more than spotty test data. Superbright is only the beginning, as Quine is drawn further away from the pure physics he set out to do and deeper into the machinations of those who would use the Lab for their own monetary or ideological advantage. Radiance is a brilliant and entertaining exposé of the way in which the bright hopes and fond dreams of talented |
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... nuclear weapons lab develops advanced technologies for its post - Cold War mission . Advanced as in not working yet . Mission as in continued funding . A scandal - plagued missile defense program presses forward , dragging physi- cist ...
... Nuclear Weapons ( Independent Scientific Research Institute ) . Used by per- mission of André Gsponer . The legend of Inanna as told on pp . 320-321 is adapted from Inanna , Queen of Heavaen and Earth , by Diane Wolkstein and Samuel ...
... nuclear weapons , to turn their great talents now to the cause of mankind and world peace , to give us the means of rendering those nuclear weapons impotent and obsolete . -President Ronald Reagan , 1983 Out of the crooked timber of ...
... Nuclear Weapons ( Independent Scientific Research Institute ) . Used by permission of André Gsponer . The legend of Inanna as told on pp . 320-321 is adapted from Inanna , Queen of Heavaen and Earth , by Diane Wolkstein and Samuel Noah ...
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