Monsters: The Hindenburg Disaster and the Birth of Pathological Technology PDF
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MONSTERS ALSO BY ED REGIS Regenesis (with George M. Church) What Is Life? The Info Mesa The Biology of Doom Virus Ground Zero Nano Great Mambo Chicken and the Transhuman Condition Who Got Einstein’s Office? Copyright © 2015 by Ed Regis Published by Basic Books, A Member of the Perseus Books Group All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information, address Basic Books, 250 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10107. Books published by Basic Books are available at special discounts for bulk purchases in the United States by corporations, institutions, and other organizations. For more information, please contact the Special Markets Department at the Perseus Books Group, 2300 Chestnut Street, Suite 200, Philadelphia, PA 19103, or call (800) 810-4145, ext. 5000, or e-mail [email protected]. Designed by Trish Wilkinson Set in 11.5 point Fairfield LT Std Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Regis, Edward, 1944– Monsters: the Hindenburg disaster and the birth of pathological technology / Ed Regis. pagescm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-465-06160-0 (e-book) 1. Hindenburg (Airship) 2. Aircraft accidents. 3. Technological innovations—Social aspects. 4. Technology—History. 5. Technology—Risk assessment. I. Title. TL659.H5R44 2015 303.48'30904—dc23 2015022692 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 The Hindenburg over Manhattan, May 6, 1937, three hours before its destruction. To Pam CONTENTS The Pathology Prologue: “Up Ship!” PART I BEGINNINGS 1. The Man in the Sky 2. The Philosopher’s Stone of Flight 3. The Flying Bomb 4. The Delirium 5. Demystifying Gargantua 6. A Technological Anomaly 7. Death Rattle of a Leviathan 8. From Hubris to Horror in Thirty-Four Seconds PART II PATHOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGY’S CHAMBER OF HORRORS 9. Progress Through H-Bombs 10. The Godzilla of Physics 11. Stardate 90305.55 PART III ENDINGS 12. The Six Hindenburgs 13. The Pathology of Delirium Epilogue Acknowledgments Selected Sources Index
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