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The Brothers Vonnegut : science and fiction in the house of magic, Ginger Strand

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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"--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
305 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
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
Isbn
9780374117016
Instance
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
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
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"--
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Biography type
contains biographical information
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http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Strand, Ginger Gail
Dewey number
  • 813/.54
  • B
Illustrations
  • 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
  • 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
Instantiates
Publication
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
Label
The Brothers Vonnegut : science and fiction in the house of magic, Ginger Strand
Publication
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

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