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A dramatic novel reveals the true nature of the nuclear defence industry as Quine, a physicist, unexpectedly becomes involved with Superbright, a project concieved to protect the world from nuclear weapons, and is plunged into a realm where greed and personal gain reign supreme over science.

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" Ingenious...Scholz' s extraordinary language-- his ear for befuddled dialogue and scientific obfuscation, his resonant, haunted landscapes-- cracks the book open and allows its light to blaze forth." -- "Salon.com"
" "Radiance "is a tour-de-force of obsessive, microscopic realism and a vibrantly satirical phantasmagoria at once. It gives a terrifying glimpse of a war at the juncture of science and politics, one never fully fought or abandoned, only covered in denial and fatigue. It reads like a
de-classified document of the human soul." -- Jonathan Lethem, author of "Motherless Brooklyn"
“Ingenious...Scholz’s extraordinary language—his ear for befuddled dialogue and scientific obfuscation, his resonant, haunted landscapes—cracks the book open and allows its light to blaze forth.” —"Salon.com"
“"Radiance "is a tour-de-force of obsessive, microscopic realism and a vibrantly satirical phantasmagoria at once. It gives a terrifying glimpse of a war at the juncture of science and politics, one never fully fought or abandoned, only covered in denial and fatigue. It reads like a
de-classified document of the human soul.” —Jonathan Lethem, author of "Motherless Brooklyn"
"Ingenious...Scholz's extraordinary language--his ear for befuddled dialogue and scientific obfuscation, his resonant, haunted landscapes--cracks the book open and allows its light to blaze forth." --"Salon.com"

""Radiance "is a tour-de-force of obsessive, microscopic realism and a vibrantly satirical phantasmagoria at once. It gives a terrifying glimpse of a war at the juncture of science and politics, one never fully fought or abandoned, only covered in denial and fatigue. It reads like a
de-classified document of the human soul." --Jonathan Lethem, author of "Motherless Brooklyn"
Radiance is a tour-de-force of obsessive, microscopic realism and a vibrantly satirical phantasmagoria at once. It gives a terrifying glimpse of a war at the juncture of science and politics, one never fully fought or abandoned, only covered in denial and fatigue. It reads like a de-classified document of the human soul.--Jonathan Lethem, author of Motherless Brooklyn

Ingenious...Scholz's extraordinary language--his ear for befuddled dialogue and scientific obfuscation, his resonant, haunted landscapes--cracks the book open and allows its light to blaze forth. "Salon.com"

Radiance is a tour-de-force of obsessive, microscopic realism and a vibrantly satirical phantasmagoria at once. It gives a terrifying glimpse of a war at the juncture of science and politics, one never fully fought or abandoned, only covered in denial and fatigue. It reads like a de-classified document of the human soul. Jonathan Lethem, author of Motherless Brooklyn"

"Ingenious...Scholz's extraordinary language--his ear for befuddled dialogue and scientific obfuscation, his resonant, haunted landscapes--cracks the book open and allows its light to blaze forth." --Salon.com

"Radiance is a tour-de-force of obsessive, microscopic realism and a vibrantly satirical phantasmagoria at once. It gives a terrifying glimpse of a war at the juncture of science and politics, one never fully fought or abandoned, only covered in denial and fatigue. It reads like a de-classified document of the human soul." --Jonathan Lethem, author of Motherless Brooklyn

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Out of the desire to be safe from nuclear weapons comes a program to build a shield against them. The difficulties are enormous, the cost exorbitant, and the results uncertain. 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, in reality little more than spotty test data. Superbright is only the beginning, as Quine is drawn further away from pure physics and deeper into the machinations of those who would use the Lab for their own gains, whether monetary or ideological. A brilliant and detailed expose of the way in which the bright hopes and dreams of talented scientists are turned on the grindstone of political expediency until all that remains are the rough deceptions of self and nation.

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  • PublisherSt Martin's Press
  • Publication date2002
  • ISBN 10 0312268939
  • ISBN 13 9780312268930
  • BindingHardcover
  • Number of pages400
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