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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... RADIANCE . Copyright © 2002 by Carter Scholz . All rights reserved . Printed in the United States of America . No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of ...
... of rendering those nuclear weapons impotent and obsolete . -President Ronald Reagan , 1983 Out of the crooked timber of humanity no straight thing was ever made . -Immanuel Kant ] . RADIANCE ONE Quine approached the Lab on a I: RADIANCE.
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TWO | 21 |
THREE | 30 |
FOUR | 44 |
FIVE | 54 |
SIX | 61 |
DUAL USE | 69 |
STEWARDSHIP | 179 |
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TWO | 218 |
THREE | 270 |
FOUR | 282 |
FIVE | 303 |
SIX | 333 |
SEVEN | 355 |