10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RED MERCURY»
Discover the use of
red mercury in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
red mercury and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Tracing weapons-grade nuclear material stolen from Russia, Mack McFall discovers that the trail leads to Atlanta and a planned terrorist attack on the Olympic games
Presenting Artie Cohen, Reggie Nadelson's streetsmart, good-looking New York cop, with a supporting cast that includes Artie's glamorous girl Lily Hanes, and his gnarly superior Sonny Lippert.
The key technological culprit, which makes the weapon possible, is a mysterious
substance popularly called red mercury, known to be a mercury antimony oxide.
It was first reported in professional journals in 1968, when Arthur Sleight, ...
4
Quicksilver: A History of the Use, Lore and Effects of
Mercury
Articles in technical journals quoting former Soviet experts plainly describing red
mercury as lithium-6 did nothing to dispel the red mercury rumors. What historian
of technology Donald MacKenzie titles “the uninvention of nuclear weapons” ...
Richard M. Swiderski, 2008
5
The rollback of South Africa's chemical and biological ...
However, mercury produced by Thor Chemicals has also been linked to the
mysterious nuclear substance, “Red Mercury.”140 In the mid-1990s, the South
African Broadcasting show Agenda reported allegations of a large 1992
clandestine ...
6
The Stamp-collector's magazine
By the same decree which suppressed the yellow Mercury, it was ordered that a
new issue of the red Mercury, of a deep red shade should be issued, at 6
kreuzers each, to frank ten newspapers, as the yellow Mercury had previously
done.
7
Hitler's Suppressed and Still-Secret Weapons, Science and ...
Did the Germans invent red mercury during the war? I have found no records
stating that they absolutely did do so but the discussion of red mercury is so
closely linked to that of increasing the density of metals, Karl Nowak, and atomic
...
8
Insect Conservation and Islands
Table 1 Numbers of captive-bred tusked weta, Motuweta isolata, released onto
Red Mercury Island and Double Island All weta released in the cage on Red
Mercury Island were progressively removed and released onto Red Mercury
Island or ...
9
The Philosophers' Secret Fire: A History of the Imagination
Yet these samples are also as much rumour as red mercury itself. If the whole
matter is an elaborate hoax, it is one that has gone on for twenty-five years. It
sometimes looks like an 'urban legend' - at any rate it is an authentic myth. An
English ...
Patrick Harpur, Tanya Graham, 2007
When Ben Bridges, a brilliant young man who suffers from a severe case of Tourette's Syndrome, discovers the secret of Red Mercury, a substance that will allow terrorists to build very small nuclear devices, he teams up with a schizophrenic ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RED MERCURY»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
red mercury is used in the context of the following news items.
'Red Mercury' sellers walk into police net
The Central Crime Branch (CCB) police arrested three persons trying to sell 'Red Mercury,' which is reportedly used in nuclear bombs. They were arrested from ... «Deccan Herald, Jan 15»
Men tried to sell 'red mercury' artefact to undercover cops, Dubai …
DUBAI // Three men who tried to sell a relic they claimed contained a mythical substance to undercover police for Dh25.7 million were on Monday found guilty of ... «The National, May 14»
Red mercury is the coolest substance that never existed
We know that red mercury makes the manufacturing of nuclear bombs much, much easier. We don't exactly know how it manages to do this, but that's only ... «io9, Jan 14»
The Curious Case of Red Mercury
Reader Chris Camp, who submitted as essay on disarmament “winners and losers“, has been thinking about the curious tale of Red Mercury lately. He sends ... «ArmsControlWonk.com, Nov 13»
Red Mercury Entertainment to operate Riviera's showrooms
The Riviera said Wednesday it has entered into a management agreement with Red Mercury Entertainment to have the firm operate new shows within the Strip ... «Las Vegas Review-Journal, Nov 13»
Risking lives for nonexistent red mercury
As the “red mercury” story filtered Zimbabwe's underworld, “enterprising” and unscrupulous fortune-seekers have been on the prowl, buying and selling ... «NewsDay, Jan 13»
Red mercury rising
Cohen said red mercury could be used to create a pure fusion bomb no larger than a softball, invisible to standard detection measures and packing enough ... «New York Post, Dec 10»
Red Mercury Mania Returns as Saudis Buy Up "Mini-Nuke" Material
hand-grenade11 Mythical red mercury, the supposed fuel for mini-nukes, is still alive and gearing up for a comeback. For the past two decades, people have ... «Wired News, Apr 09»
Sewing machine hoax hits S Arabia
In the city of Madina, people were holding mobile phones up to the machines, due to the belief that they could be used to detect the presence of red mercury. «BBC News, Apr 09»
What is red mercury?
The prosecutor, Mark Ellison, admitted the police had no idea if there even was such a thing as red mercury - supposedly the main ingredient for a "dirty bomb" ... «BBC News, Jul 06»
