-
About me
I’m a writer. Doomsday Men, my cultural history of science, superweapons and other strangeloves, has just been published by Penguin in the UK. Later this year it will be published by St Martin’s Press in the US and Companhia das Letras in Brazil. More
Also: MySpace | The Nervous Breakdown
Contact me | Subscribe to site’s feed
-
Doomsday Men: The Real Dr Strangelove and the Dream of the Superweapon
In 1950, for the first time in history, mankind realised that he had within his grasp a truly God-like power - the ability to destroy life itself. "Doomsday Men" reveals the personalities behind the technologies of nuclear doomsday and shows how, in the end, the doomsday machine became the ultimate symbol of humanity's deepest fears about the science of destruction.
More | Buy on Amazon UK | US
-
My Books
-
Articles & Reviews
View allWordPress database error: [Table 'db3440_wp.wp_pds_link2cat' doesn't exist]
SELECT * , IF (DATE_ADD(link_updated, INTERVAL 120 MINUTE) >= NOW(), 1,0) as recently_updated FROM wp_pds_links LEFT JOIN wp_pds_link2cat ON (wp_pds_links.link_id = wp_pds_link2cat.link_id) WHERE 1=1 AND link_visible = 'Y' AND ( category_id = 4 ) ORDER BY wp_pds_links.link_id DESC LIMIT 3 -
Photographs
Flickr -
Links
View allWordPress database error: [Table 'db3440_wp.wp_pds_link2cat' doesn't exist]
SELECT * , IF (DATE_ADD(link_updated, INTERVAL 120 MINUTE) >= NOW(), 1,0) as recently_updated FROM wp_pds_links LEFT JOIN wp_pds_link2cat ON (wp_pds_links.link_id = wp_pds_link2cat.link_id) WHERE 1=1 AND link_visible = 'Y' AND ( category_id = 2 ) ORDER BY wp_pds_links.link_id DESC LIMIT 3