Michael Riordan

Everybody loves superheroes. They're always around to save the day and always with the help of their trusty sidekicks. And of all the heroes, there's one greater than them all, Rocketman With the help of his sidekick, Boost, they've saved the world more times than they can count. Rocketman and Boost are the perfect team, and there's nobody Boost looks up to more than her hero. She is so proud to be his sidekick But when an asteroid threatens to destroy the earth, Rocketman decides to take it on by himself. When he fails to return, all hope seems lost. Only Boost can save the day this time. It's up to her to step up to the challenge, remember all her training, and become her own hero.

Everybody loves superheroes. They're always around to save the day and always with the help of their trusty sidekicks. And of all the heroes, there's one greater than them all, Rocketman With the help of his sidekick, Boost, they've saved the world more times than they can count. Rocketman and Boost are the perfect team, and there's nobody Boost looks up to more than her hero. She is so proud to be his sidekick But when an asteroid threatens to destroy the earth, Rocketman decides to take it on by himself. When he fails to return, all hope seems lost. Only Boost can save the day this time. It's up to her to step up to the challenge, remember all her training, and become her own hero.

Starting in the 1950s, US physicists dominated the search for elementary particles; aided by the association of this research with national security, they held this position for decades. In an effort to maintain their hegemony and track down the elusive Higgs boson, they convinced President Reagan and Congress to support construction of the multibillion-dollar Superconducting Super Collider project in Texas—the largest basic-science project ever attempted. But after the Cold War ended and the estimated SSC cost surpassed ten billion dollars, Congress terminated the project in October 1993. Drawing on extensive archival research, contemporaneous press accounts, and over one hundred interviews with scientists, engineers, government officials, and others involved, Tunnel Visions tells the riveting story of the aborted SSC project. The authors examine the complex, interrelated causes for its demise, including problems of large-project management, continuing cost overruns, and lack of foreign contributions. In doing so, they ask whether Big Science has become too large and expensive, including whether academic scientists and their government overseers can effectively manage such an enormous undertaking.

Starting in the 1950s, US physicists dominated the search for elementary particles; aided by the association of this research with national security, they held this position for decades. In an effort to maintain their hegemony and track down the elusive Higgs boson, they convinced President Reagan and Congress to support construction of the multibillion-dollar Superconducting Super Collider project in Texas-the largest basic-science project ever attempted. But after the Cold War ended and the estimated SSC cost surpassed ten billion dollars, Congress terminated the project in October 1993. Drawing on extensive archival research, contemporaneous press accounts, and over one hundred interviews with scientists, engineers, government officials, and others involved, Tunnel Visions tells the riveting story of the aborted SSC project. The authors examine the complex, interrelated causes for its demise, including problems of large-project management, continuing cost overruns, and lack of foreign contributions. In doing so, they ask whether Big Science has become too large and expensive, including whether academic scientists and their government overseers can effectively manage such an enormous undertaking.

Focuses on the human factors behind the invention of the transistor, highlighting the pride and scientific ambitions of the team who spawned the epoch-making technology

A history of Northallerton