Project Orion

The atomic spaceship 1957-1965

George Dyson

346 pages, parution le 05/06/2002

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Résumé

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 twentieth century.

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.

Contents

Sputnik
The world set free
Ulam's demon
General atomic
Triga
Critical mass
QED
Lew Allen's Balls
ARPA
Columbus
Noah's Ark
Free expansion of a gas
Hotter than the sun, cooler than a bomb
C-4
Point Loma
Engineer's Dreams
Coca-Cola
Enceladus
Deep space force
Jackass flats
Fallout
Huntsville
Death of a project
2001
The sun snares

Appendix : Project Orion technical reports, 1957-1965

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Penguin
Auteur(s)	George Dyson
Parution	05/06/2002
Nb. de pages	346
Format	14,5 x 22,4
Couverture	Broché
Poids	585g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780713992670