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001 2015010126
003 DLC
005 20150429084546.0
008 150428s2015 nyu b 001 0deng
010 $a 2015010126
020 $a9780374117016 (hardback)
020 $z9780374711542 (e-book)
040 $aDLC$beng$erda$cDLC
042 $apcc
043 $an-us----
050 00 $aPS3572.O5$bZ858 2015
082 00 $a813/.54$aB$223
084 $aBIO007000$aBIO015000$aHIS036060$2bisacsh
100 1 $aStrand, Ginger Gail.
245 14 $aThe Brothers Vonnegut :$bscience and fiction in the house of magic /$cGinger Strand.
250 $aFirst edition.
263 $a1511
264 1 $aNew York :$bFarrar, Straus and Giroux,$c2015.
300 $apages cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"Worlds collide in this true story of weather control in the Cold War era and the making of Kurt Vonnegut In the mid-1950s, Kurt Vonnegut takes a job in the PR department at General Electric in Schenectady, where his older brother, Bernard, is a leading scientist in its research lab--or "House of Magic." Kurt has ambitions as a novelist, and Bernard is working on a series of cutting-edge weather-control experiments meant to make deserts bloom and farmers flourish. While Kurt writes zippy press releases, Bernard builds silver-iodide generators and attacks clouds with dry ice. His experiments attract the attention of the government; weather proved a decisive factor in World War II, and if the military can control the clouds, fog, and snow, they can fly more bombing missions. Maybe weather will even be--as a headline in American Magazine calls it--"The New Super Weapon." But when the army takes charge of his cloudseeding project (dubbed Project Cirrus), Bernard begins to have misgivings about the use of his inventions for harm, not to mention the evidence that they are causing alarming changes in the atmosphere. In a fascinating cultural history, Ginger Strand chronicles the intersection of these brothers' lives at a time when the possibilities of science seemed infinite. As the Cold War looms, Bernard's struggle for integrity plays out in Kurt's evolving writing style. The Brothers Vonnegut reveals how science's ability to influence the natural world also influenced one of our most inventive novelists"--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $a"Worlds collide in this true story of weather control in the Cold War era and the making of Kurt Vonnegut"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
600 10 $aVonnegut, Kurt.
600 10 $aVonnegut, Bernard.
650 0 $aNovelists, American$y20th century$vBiography.
650 0 $aScientists$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0 $aWeather control$zUnited States.
650 0 $aLiterature and science$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
650 7 $aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / United States / 20th Century.$2bisacsh