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Project Orion : the true story of the atomic spaceship by George Dyson is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Project Orion : the true story of the atomic spaceship about?
<p>The improbable story of the wildest idea-a space craft powered by hydrogen bombs-to come out of the space race.</p> <p>It was the late 1950s. The Cold War was raging. <i>Sputnik</i> had made its voyage and the space race was on. In America, it was the age of tail fins and "duck and cover," but it was also a time of big ideas and dreams. On his way to school one day, George Dyson learned of a truly fantastical idea: massive space vehicles that would be powered by explosions of multiple hydrogen bombs. Among the brilliant minds behind this project was George's father, the eminent physicist Freeman Dyson.</p> <p><i>Project Orion</i> chronicles this fascinating episode in U.S. scientific research, while capturing a unique time in American history and culture. The project brought together a cadre of brilliant physicists, the first such assemblage since the Manhattan Project of fifteen years earlier. In an idyllic seaside community in southern California-the very picture of 1950s suburban prosperity-a handful of scientists, tackled a massive project that required the ingenuity of an engineer and the vision of a great theoretician. Their work-ambitious but ultimately futile-took place
Who reads Project Orion : the true story of the atomic spaceship?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- George Dyson
- Publisher
- New York: Henry Holt and Co.
- Published
- 2001
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780805059854
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Engineering, Mathematics, Fiction
- Rating
- 3.99 / 5 (38 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13