Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Total Atomic Defense
For the second half of this whirling century of ours we can set our imaginations to almost any goal, and no one can say that it will not within that time be reached. A man is not to be called a fool who believes that before our earth has been thrown another fifty times about its colossal star, the sun, such things as space ships will be exploring the other side of the moon. Neither is he to be called a fool who believes that if intelligent beings exist on any of the other planets we shall some day have a chance to hear their voices and see their faces, and profit from whatever untold mysteries of the universe they have fathomed. With useful atomic energy already a fact these things no longer belong entirely in the realm of fantastic dreams. A down-to-earth and less hazardous guess, though, is that within only a dec ade atomic energy will be driving palatial ships across the ocean and sending airplanes on non-stop flights to the corners of the world and back. And within another decade after that atomic energy will probably be the means for gathering the power now spilling into waste at remote waterfalls, bringing it to light and heat and cool our homes, and to turn all the wheels of machinery. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
