Project Orion: The Atomic Spac

Author: George Dyson

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  • : 45.00 AUD
  • : 9780713992670
  • : Penguin Books Ltd
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  • : 0.587
  • : June 2002
  • : 224mm X 144mm X 33mm
  • : United Kingdom
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  • : George Dyson
  • : Hardback
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Description

In 1957, the US government sponsored a project - codename "Orion" - to develop a 40,000-ton manned spaceship propelled by nuclear bombs. This book tells the story of the author's father, Freeman Dyson, a brillaint mathematician, and member of the "Orion" team.