A Hole in Texas
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 1st edition |
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| Author(s) | Herman Wouk |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Fiction |
| Publisher | Little, Brown and Company |
| Publication date | April 14, 2004 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 288 pages |
| ISBN | 0-316-52590-1 |
| OCLC Number | 53019565 |
| Dewey Decimal | 813/.54 22 |
| LC Classification | PS3545.O98 H65 2004 |
A Hole In Texas is a novel by Herman Wouk. Published in 2004, the book describes the adventures of a high-energy physicist following the surprise announcement that a Chinese physicist (with whom he had a long-ago romance) had discovered the long-sought Higgs boson.
Parts of the plot are based on the aborted Superconducting Super Collider project.
Published by Little, Brown and Company, ISBN 0-316-52590-1.
[edit] Literary significance and reception
Kirkus Reviews said that A Hole In Texas was "Ingenious. Absolutely ingenious."[1] Publishers Weekly called it "Occasionally corny but also playful, thoughtful and passionate".[2] The journal Science said that Wouk "accurately depicts science as an often interactive and collegial enterprise", and that the novel offers a "refreshing contrast with the treatments of mad scientists that are so abundant in literature and popular culture."[3] The review in Nature had some criticism saying that the "scientific explanations are pat and usually come in the form of long e-mails that bog down the plot", the discussion of the Chinese people "verge on racism" and the book's ending "falls flat".[4]
[edit] Notes
- ^ "A HOLE IN TEXAS (Book)". Kirkus Reviews 72 (4): p154. February 15, 2004. ISSN 00426598.
- ^ "A HOLE IN TEXAS (Book)". Publishers Weekly 251 (12): p60. March 22, 2004. ISSN 00000019.
- ^ Pasachoff, Jay M (OCtober 22, 2004). "Of Politics and Particle Physics". Science 306 (5696): p615. doi:10.1126/science.1106083. ISSN 00368075.
- ^ Brumfiel, Geoff (June 24, 2004). "Requiem for a supercollider". Nature 429 (6994): p808–809. doi:10.1038/429808a. ISSN 00280836.
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