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George Dyson

George Dyson (1953-) is a science historian and the son of Freeman Dyson. He was a child at the time of Project Orion, but says he was generally aware that his father was working on spacecraft design at that time.

George Dyson's books include Project Orion: The Atomic Spaceship 1957 to 1965, and he has also written on the subject of the Internet developing sentience, and kayaks (a subject in which he has been interested, since his childhood). He himself is also the subject of a book, Kenneth Brower's The Starship and the Canoe.
  • Here is a video featuring George Dyson talking about Project Orion: Video Link [will open in new window].
Here are some books by George Dyson:

Baidarka: The Kayak
By George B. Dyson

Alaska Northwest Books
Paperback (0 pages)

Baidarka: The Kayak
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This classic book tells of George Dyson's rediscovery of the Aleut baidarka (sea kayak) and his far-ranging travels with his boats.
Project Orion: The True Story of the Atomic Spaceship
By George Dyson

Henry Holt and Co.
Hardcover (320 pages)

Project Orion: The True Story of the Atomic Spaceship
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The improbable story of the wildest idea-a space craft powered by hydrogen bombs-to come out of the space race.

It was the late 1950s. The Cold War was raging. Sputnik had made its voyage and the space race was on. In America, it was the age of tail fins and "duck and cover," but it was also a time of big ideas and dreams. On his way to school one day, George Dyson learned of a truly fantastical idea: massive space vehicles that would be powered by explosions of multiple hydrogen bombs. Among the brilliant minds behind this project was George's father, the eminent physicist Freeman Dyson.

Project Orion chronicles this fascinating episode in U.S. scientific research, while capturing a unique time in American history and culture. The project brought together a cadre of brilliant physicists, the first such assemblage since the Manhattan Project of fifteen years earlier. In an idyllic seaside community in southern California-the very picture of 1950s suburban prosperity-a handful of scientists, tackled a massive project that required the ingenuity of an engineer and the vision of a great theoretician. Their work-ambitious but ultimately futile-took place against the political and cultural backdrop of the Cold War, when nuclear technology spelled both promise and terror.

Dyson's prodigious historical and scientific research, combined with his personal reminiscences and connections, make for a lively, richly detailed narrative.
Three Songs of Courage for Accompanied Chorus S.A.T.B. by Dyson, George
By George Dyson

Great Britain: Novello
Hardcover
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Dyson's Delight: An Anthology of Sir George Dyson's Writings and Talks on Music
By Christopher Palmer

Thames Publishing
Hardcover (205 pages)
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ORIGINAL PATENT APPLICATION NUMBER 4,129 FOR AN IMPROVED SAFETY WINDOW-FASTENER (HUDDERSFIELD).
By George Dyson. Sykes

HMSO
Hardcover
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Quo Vadis - A Cycle of Poems Set to Music
By Sir George Dyson

Novello Publishing
Spiral-bound
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Darwin Among the Machines
By George Dyson

PENGUIN USA
Hardcover
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