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Tony Rothman

Firebird

“Rothman's novel is filled with scientific discussions on everything from the equipment used to the different types of fusion, like cold or laser, complete with corresponding jargon. But Rothman turns all of it, even a convoluted conspiracy, into a diverting, worthwhile story… Intelligent in its technical details, but also refined and delightfully complex in its storytelling.” — Kirkus

The world is moving towards alternative energy. Two giant laboratories, one in France, one in Texas, are engaged in a contest to give mankind a limitless source of energy-fusion, the energy source of stars. In France, the European Union is constructing the colossal ITER project. At CFRC, the Controlled Fusion Research Center near Austin, a scientists have constructed a machine they call Prometheus to challenge ITER.

When the director of the Austin lab attempts to achieve fusion on the day of Prometheus' dedication, a near-fatal accident ensues, and in an instant the rivalry between ITER and CFRC becomes a race to change the future of the world. But was it an accident, or sabotage?

Prominent physicist and writer Tony Rothman, PhD, uses his technical expertise to create a rare and timely novel based on genuine science. Not science fiction, the science of Firebird is as real as the collision between science and politics it portrays. Rothman, who has taught physics at Princeton and Harvard Universities, is the author of eleven books. He has won numerous writing awards and has been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.
486 printed pages
Original publication
2021
Publication year
2021
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Quotes

  • Rina Fleischhas quoted4 years ago
    turn your talents to the task that called us when we were young and idealistic, when we willingly, bravely became scientists to understand the intricacies of Nature and with our understanding turn her to the benefit of the future. Maybe Nature will not bend, outwit us as she always does, but let us make our struggle with her, with our understanding, not with the past or with personalities we dislike. Let us act without regard to rewards or consequences, and we will succeed even in failure.
  • Rina Fleischhas quoted4 years ago
    “He was angry with me, he attacked me, he defeated me, he robbed me—” those who dwell on such thoughts will never be free of hatred.’
  • Rina Fleischhas quoted4 years ago
    Result Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Publicity
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