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The Andromeda Strain
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- It was this group of five men—Stone and John Black of Berkeley, Samuel Holden and Terence Lisset of Stanford Med, and Andrew Weiss of Stanford biophysics—that eventually formed the early nucleus of the Wildfire Project.
Chpt 5 *nucleus = the center (or most important part) of something
- We recommend that such a facility be located in an uninhabited region of the United States; that it be constructed underground; that it incorporate all known isolation techniques; and that it be equipped with a nuclear device for self-destruction in the eventuality of an emergency.†
Chpt 5nuclear = relating to the central or most important part of something
- So far as we know, no form of life can survive the two million degrees of heat which accompany an atomic nuclear detonation.†
Chpt 5
- The AEC, already unhappy about the assignment of a nuclear device to the Wildfire laboratory, did not wish Cautery to be accepted as a program; State and Defense argued that any aboveground thermonuclear detonation, for whatever purpose, would have serious repercussions internationally.†
Chpt 8
- The Russians may be privately informed of the reasons for breaking the Moscow Treaty of 1963 forbidding above-ground nuclear testing.†
Chpt 8
- The Cautery will entail American intervention with nuclear weapons to prevent further spread of disease.†
Chpt 8
- Self-destruct capacity (nuclear), page 88.†
Chpt 9
- Application of study to Wildfire command personnel conducted at request of AEG at time of implantation of self-destruct nuclear capacity.†
Chpt 10
- The town is now destroyed by a nuclear blast.†
Chpt 11
- He claimed that, while they were essentially similar to earthly bacteria in structure, being based upon proteins, carbohydrates, and lipids, they had no cell nucleus and therefore their manner of propagation was a mystery.†
Chpt 12nucleus = the center (or most important part) of something
- Using microsurgical techniques, it was possible to remove the nucleus from a cell, or part of the cytoplasm, as neatly and cleanly as a surgeon performed an amputation.†
Chpt 18
- In microscopic terms this means only a large object, with large edges and gentle curves: cells, and nuclei.†
Chpt 22
- Willis X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY ANALYSIS SHOWED that the Andromeda organism was not composed of component parts, as a normal cell was composed of nucleus, mitochondria, and ribosomes.†
Chpt 25nucleus = the center (or most important part) of something
Definitions:
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(1)
(nucleus) the center (or most important part) of somethingsuch as:
- in physics: the center of an atom where protons & neutrons are found
- in biology: the center of a cell where DNA is found
- in sociology: the closest family (mother/father/children in contrast to the extended family)
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)