The Resource The Brothers Vonnegut : science and fiction in the house of magic, Ginger Strand
The Brothers Vonnegut : science and fiction in the house of magic, Ginger Strand
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- Summary
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- "Worlds collide in this true story of weather control in the Cold War era and the making of Kurt Vonnegut In the mid-1950s, Kurt Vonnegut takes a job in the PR department at General Electric in Schenectady, where his older brother, Bernard, is a leading scientist in its research lab--or "House of Magic." Kurt has ambitions as a novelist, and Bernard is working on a series of cutting-edge weather-control experiments meant to make deserts bloom and farmers flourish. While Kurt writes zippy press releases, Bernard builds silver-iodide generators and attacks clouds with dry ice. His experiments attract the attention of the government; weather proved a decisive factor in World War II, and if the military can control the clouds, fog, and snow, they can fly more bombing missions. Maybe weather will even be--as a headline in American Magazine calls it--"The New Super Weapon." But when the army takes charge of his cloudseeding project (dubbed Project Cirrus), Bernard begins to have misgivings about the use of his inventions for harm, not to mention the evidence that they are causing alarming changes in the atmosphere. In a fascinating cultural history, Ginger Strand chronicles the intersection of these brothers' lives at a time when the possibilities of science seemed infinite. As the Cold War looms, Bernard's struggle for integrity plays out in Kurt's evolving writing style. The Brothers Vonnegut reveals how science's ability to influence the natural world also influenced one of our most inventive novelists"--
- "Worlds collide in this true story of weather control in the Cold War era and the making of Kurt Vonnegut"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 305 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
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- Autumn fog
- Precipitating events
- Head in the clouds
- Bolt of lightning
- Eye of the storm
- Watersheds
- Rainmakers
- Out of the blue
- Cold fronts
- Shifting winds
- Epilogue: rainbow's end
- Isbn
- 9780374117016
- Label
- The Brothers Vonnegut : science and fiction in the house of magic
- Title
- The Brothers Vonnegut
- Title remainder
- science and fiction in the house of magic
- Statement of responsibility
- Ginger Strand
- Subject
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- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Science & Technology
- Biographies
- Biographies
- Biographies
- Biography
- HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century
- History
- Literature and science
- Literature and science -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Novelists, American
- Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography
- Scientists
- Scientists -- United States -- Biography
- 1900 - 1999
- United States
- Vonnegut, Bernard
- Vonnegut, Bernard
- Vonnegut, Bernard, 1914-1997
- Vonnegut, Kurt
- Vonnegut, Kurt
- Vonnegut, Kurt, 1922-2007
- Weather control
- Weather control -- United States
- United States
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- "Worlds collide in this true story of weather control in the Cold War era and the making of Kurt Vonnegut In the mid-1950s, Kurt Vonnegut takes a job in the PR department at General Electric in Schenectady, where his older brother, Bernard, is a leading scientist in its research lab--or "House of Magic." Kurt has ambitions as a novelist, and Bernard is working on a series of cutting-edge weather-control experiments meant to make deserts bloom and farmers flourish. While Kurt writes zippy press releases, Bernard builds silver-iodide generators and attacks clouds with dry ice. His experiments attract the attention of the government; weather proved a decisive factor in World War II, and if the military can control the clouds, fog, and snow, they can fly more bombing missions. Maybe weather will even be--as a headline in American Magazine calls it--"The New Super Weapon." But when the army takes charge of his cloudseeding project (dubbed Project Cirrus), Bernard begins to have misgivings about the use of his inventions for harm, not to mention the evidence that they are causing alarming changes in the atmosphere. In a fascinating cultural history, Ginger Strand chronicles the intersection of these brothers' lives at a time when the possibilities of science seemed infinite. As the Cold War looms, Bernard's struggle for integrity plays out in Kurt's evolving writing style. The Brothers Vonnegut reveals how science's ability to influence the natural world also influenced one of our most inventive novelists"--
- "Worlds collide in this true story of weather control in the Cold War era and the making of Kurt Vonnegut"--
- Assigning source
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- Provided by publisher
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Strand, Ginger Gail
- Dewey number
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- 813/.54
- B
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PS3572.O5
- LC item number
- Z858 2015
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Vonnegut, Kurt
- Vonnegut, Bernard
- Vonnegut, Bernard
- Vonnegut, Kurt
- Vonnegut, Bernard
- Vonnegut, Kurt
- Novelists, American
- Scientists
- Weather control
- Literature and science
- United States
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- HISTORY
- Literature and science
- Novelists, American
- Scientists
- Weather control
- United States
- Label
- The Brothers Vonnegut : science and fiction in the house of magic, Ginger Strand
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-284) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Autumn fog -- Precipitating events -- Head in the clouds -- Bolt of lightning -- Eye of the storm -- Watersheds -- Rainmakers -- Out of the blue -- Cold fronts -- Shifting winds -- Epilogue: rainbow's end
- Control code
- ocn908192611
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 305 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780374117016
- Lccn
- 2015010126
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780374117016
- (OCoLC)908192611
- Label
- The Brothers Vonnegut : science and fiction in the house of magic, Ginger Strand
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-284) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Autumn fog -- Precipitating events -- Head in the clouds -- Bolt of lightning -- Eye of the storm -- Watersheds -- Rainmakers -- Out of the blue -- Cold fronts -- Shifting winds -- Epilogue: rainbow's end
- Control code
- ocn908192611
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 305 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780374117016
- Lccn
- 2015010126
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780374117016
- (OCoLC)908192611
Subject
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Science & Technology
- Biographies
- Biographies
- Biographies
- Biography
- HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century
- History
- Literature and science
- Literature and science -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Novelists, American
- Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography
- Scientists
- Scientists -- United States -- Biography
- 1900 - 1999
- United States
- Vonnegut, Bernard
- Vonnegut, Bernard
- Vonnegut, Bernard, 1914-1997
- Vonnegut, Kurt
- Vonnegut, Kurt
- Vonnegut, Kurt, 1922-2007
- Weather control
- Weather control -- United States
- United States
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary
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