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<i>A Hole in Texas</i>

A Hole in Texas

Novel by Herman Wouk

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.

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Parts of the plot are based on the aborted Superconducting Super Collider project.

Published by Little, Brown and Company, ISBN 0-316-52590-1.

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", that the discussions of the Chinese people "verge on racism", and that the book's ending "falls flat".[4]

Notes

  1. [1]
    "A HOLE IN TEXAS (Book)". Kirkus Reviews. 72 (4): 154. February 15, 2004. ISSN 0042-6598.
  2. [2]
    "A HOLE IN TEXAS (Book)". Publishers Weekly. 251 (12): 60. March 22, 2004. ISSN 0000-0019.
  3. [3]
    Pasachoff, Jay M (October 22, 2004). "Of Politics and Particle Physics". Science. 306 (5696): 615. doi:10.1126/science.1106083. ISSN 0036-8075. S2CID 118083077.
  4. [4]
    Brumfiel, Geoff (June 24, 2004). "Requiem for a supercollider". Nature. 429 (6994): 808–809. Bibcode:2004Natur.429..808B. doi:10.1038/429808a. ISSN 0028-0836.


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