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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Adam HigginbothamPublisher: Penguin Books Ltd Imprint: Viking Dimensions: Width: 16.20cm , Height: 4.30cm , Length: 24.10cm Weight: 0.811kg ISBN: 9780241543696ISBN 10: 024154369 Pages: 576 Publication Date: 13 June 2024 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsPraise for Midnight in Chernobyl: 'Adam Higginbotham uses all of the techniques of the top-notch longform journalist to full effect. He swoops us into the heart of the catastrophe' -- Oliver Bullough * Guardian * Praise for Midnight in Chernobyl: 'Higginbotham's superb account of the April 1986 explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant is one of those rare books about science and technology that read like a tension-filled thriller. Replete with vivid detail and sharply etched personalities, this narrative of astounding incompetence moves from mistake to mistake, miscalculation to miscalculation, as it builds to the inevitable, history-changing disaster' -- Ten Best Books of 2019 * New York Times * Praise for Midnight in Chernobyl: 'Adam Higginbotham's brilliantly well-written Midnight In Chernobyl draws on new sources and original research to illuminate the true story of one of history's greatest technological failures - and, along with it, the bewildering reality of everyday life during the final years of the Soviet Union' -- Anne Applebaum, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Gulag: A History and Red Famine: Stalin’s War On Ukraine Praise for Midnight in Chernobyl: 'An invaluable contribution to history . . . tells a compelling story exceptionally well' -- Serhii Plokhy * Evening Standard * Praise for Midnight in Chernobyl: 'A definitive book. Adam Higginbotham has written a wonderful and chilling account of how the Chernobyl disaster happened, featuring protagonists and victims, party bosses and hapless engineers, confusion and cover up. The story of how the reactor exploded and its grisly aftermath are told with thriller-like flair' -- Luke Harding, New York Times-bestselling author of Collusion and The Snowden Files Praise for Midnight in Chernobyl: 'Adam Higginbotham uses all of the techniques of the top-notch longform journalist to full effect. He swoops us into the heart of the catastrophe' -- Oliver Bullough * Guardian * Praise for Midnight in Chernobyl: 'Higginbotham's superb account of the April 1986 explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant is one of those rare books about science and technology that read like a tension-filled thriller. Replete with vivid detail and sharply etched personalities, this narrative of astounding incompetence moves from mistake to mistake, miscalculation to miscalculation, as it builds to the inevitable, history-changing disaster' -- Ten Best Books of 2019 * New York Times * Praise for Midnight in Chernobyl: 'Adam Higginbotham's brilliantly well-written Midnight In Chernobyl draws on new sources and original research to illuminate the true story of one of history's greatest technological failures - and, along with it, the bewildering reality of everyday life during the final years of the Soviet Union' -- Anne Applebaum, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Gulag: A History and Red Famine: Stalin’s War On Ukraine Praise for Midnight in Chernobyl: 'An invaluable contribution to history . . . tells a compelling story exceptionally well' -- Serhii Plokhy * Evening Standard * Praise for Midnight in Chernobyl: 'A definitive book. Adam Higginbotham has written a wonderful and chilling account of how the Chernobyl disaster happened, featuring protagonists and victims, party bosses and hapless engineers, confusion and cover up. The story of how the reactor exploded and its grisly aftermath are told with thriller-like flair' -- Luke Harding, New York Times-bestselling author of Collusion and The Snowden Files Praise for Midnight in Chernobyl: 'In chilling detail, this book recounts the many missteps of their response to the disaster. . . . Higginbotham compellingly suggests that these flaws all but predicted the calamity—and, in turn, the collapse of the Soviet Union itself' * The New Yorker * Author InformationAdam Higginbotham writes for The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Wired, GQ, Businessweek, Smithsonian, Men's Journal, and The Atavist. He began his career in magazines and newspapers in London, where he was the editor--in-chief of The Face and a contributing editor at The Sunday Telegraph. The author of Midnight in Chernobyl, he lives in New York City. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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