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03788aam a22005898i 4500 001 BF6D2F4682C111E5A9439FC5DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20200118010508 008 150428s2015 nyu b 001 0deng 010 $a 2015010126 020 $a 0374117012 (hardback) 020 $a 9780374117016 (hardback) 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a PS3572.O5 $b Z858 2015 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23 084 $a HIS036060 $a BIO015000 $a HIS036060 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Strand, Ginger Gail. 245 14 $a The Brothers Vonnegut : $b science and fiction in the house of magic / $c Ginger Strand. 250 $a First edition. 263 $a 1511 264 1 $a New York : $b Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $c 2015. 300 $a pages cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 520 $a "Worlds collide in this true story of weather control in the Cold War era and the making of Kurt Vonnegut"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Vonnegut, Kurt. 600 10 $a Vonnegut, Bernard. 650 0 $a Novelists, American $y 20th century $v Biography. 650 0 $a Scientists $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Weather control $z United States. 650 0 $a Literature and science $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 7 $a BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a HISTORY / United States / 20th Century. $2 bisacsh 941 $a 14 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20240702022250.0 952 $l GYPE631 $d 20240626015441.0 952 $l DPPE403 $d 20240611012452.0 952 $l ALPE516 $d 20240417013422.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117020353.0 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722051736.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20210105034634.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20200806023041.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006092505.0 952 $l HPPD845 $d 20160705010714.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20160224010838.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20160109010425.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20160108010431.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20160106013455.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=BF6D2F4682C111E5A9439FC5DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search