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My thanks to Robert B. Herrmann, professor of geophysics at St. Louis University; James E. Beavers of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, a structural engineer and expert on natural and technological hazards; Bob Neel and Jim Gover of Albuquerque, New Mexico, both alumni of the Nevada Test Site, who explained the art of detonating nuclear bombs underground; Reid L. Kress of the Robotics Systems Division at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory; and Arch Johnston, director of research at the University of Memphis Center for Earthquake Research and Information.
Thanks also to a great editor, David Highfill of G. P. Putnam’s Sons, and to my agent, Richard Pine of Arthur Pine & Associates. Thanks also to Howie Sanders and Richard Green in Los Angeles.
And special thanks to my wife, Janice.
About the Author
Peter Hernon lives near Chicago with his wife, Janice, and two daughters. He is an editor for the Chicago Tribune.
Nonfiction by Peter Heron
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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