Project Orion: The True Story of the Atomic Spaceship (Allen Lane Science)

GEORGE DYSON

ISBN 10: 0713992670 / ISBN 13: 9780713992670

Published by ALLEN LANE, UK, 2002

About this Item

This is an enthralling account of the atom bomb powered spacecraft. And it t would have worked! Pity about the fall-out. 1st ed. pp.xv.345. DW in archival sleeve, not priceclipped. Signed on title page; 'To Gillian and Malcolm'.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Project Orion: The True Story of the Atomic Spaceship (Allen Lane Science)
• Publisher: ALLEN LANE, UK
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0713992670
• ISBN 13: 9780713992670
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • 28 Box 21

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Synopsis

In 1957, a small group of Scientists launched a secret US Government-sponsored attempt to build a 40,000-ton manned spaceship propelled by nuclear bombs. The apparent absurdity of the project is one reason why it ultimately failed. But with its mix of sublime theoretical physics and apparently madcap engineering, its diverse cast of Cold War warriors and idealistic would-be intergalactic pioneers, the mission to build Orion remains one of the most tantalising 'what if?' stories of the twentiethcentury. The Orion team included the brilliant mathematician Freeman Dyson, George Dyson's father. In Project Orion, George Dyson pieces together the story his father could only tell him in fragments at the time.

About the Author

He is the author of Darwin Among the Machines, published by Penguin.