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enjoyed this one much more than i would have thought. wouk did a great job of rolling the super-collider science story into a very warm tale.
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A Hole in Texas
A Hole in Texas
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Guy Carpenter is a physicist with a quiet, settled life: a prestigious job at NASA, a devoted wife and new baby, and a troublemaking cat. But he is about to get mixed up in an international scandal of enormous proportions. Years ago, Guy worked on the Superconducting Super Collider, a giant scientific project dedicated to detecting a tiny, elusi... more »
Author:
Guy Carpenter is a physicist with a quiet, settled life: a prestigious job at NASA, a devoted wife and new baby, and a troublemaking cat. But he is about to get mixed up in an international scandal of enormous proportions. Years ago, Guy worked on the Superconducting Super Collider, a giant scientific project dedicated to detecting a tiny, elusi... more »
ISBN-13: 9781586216863
ISBN-10: 1586216864
Publication Date: 4/1/2004
Edition: Unabridged
Rating: 4
ISBN-10: 1586216864
Publication Date: 4/1/2004
Edition: Unabridged
Rating: 4
3.6 stars, based on 4 ratings
Publisher: Hachette Audio
Book Type: Audio Cassette
Other Versions: Paperback, Hardcover
Members Wishing: 0
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Book Type: Audio Cassette
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This is the first novel by Herman Wouk for me and I must say that I really liked it. When the Chinese beat the US to the Higgs boson, astrophysicist, Guy Carpenter gets caught up in the hoopla and has to appear before a congressional hearing on possible charges of a breach in national security. His relationship with the top Chinese scientist and his secret post office box, get him in water with his wife.
There's a lot going on and when the talk involves the superconduction super collider, it gets rather technical. I didn't understand the half of it but it didn't have any impact in my enjoyment of the story.
There's a lot going on and when the talk involves the superconduction super collider, it gets rather technical. I didn't understand the half of it but it didn't have any impact in my enjoyment of the story.
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- Literature & Fiction >> General >> Contemporary
- Literature & Fiction >> General >> Literary
- Literature & Fiction >> Authors, A-Z >> ( W ) >> Wouk, Herman
