{"product_id":"9781976046896","title":"A Trojan Affair: The SKA at Carnarvon","description":"In this tale of zealots, scientists and scoundrels, Michael Smorenburg has married tension-filled intrigue and drama with cutting-edge, unfolding science to produce a compelling geopolitical thriller. Conflict, suspicion and fear explode across the pages as science confronts religion in Carnarvon, a small, staunchly conservative farming community in post-Apartheid South Africa. The silent heavens stretched above the pious town are perfect for radio astronomy-the fracking bounty below the earth... irresistible... and the two cannot coexist-the local population want neither. When Dara, 17, half Indian and raised in England, arrives in the heartland of this Calvinist Bible belt-a place his astrophysicist mother has come to build the biggest infrastructure in the history of science, the $2.5-Billion SKA radio telescope-he becomes the lightening rod for the town's anger and suspicion of outsiders. Fracking and astronomy are not good bedfellows and Dara might just have lit the fuse. And so unfolds a cascade of controversy, agendas and surprising alliances. Based on actual unfolding events, A Trojan Affair is a contemporary geopolitical thriller where science, religion, politics, greed and racism collide, tearing a community apart and setting generations against one another.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e| \u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eMichael Smorenburg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e| \u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eCreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e| \u003cb\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/b\u003eAug 28, 2017\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e| \u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e352 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e| \u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e| \u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e| \u003cb\u003eISBN-10: \u003c\/b\u003e1976046890\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e| \u003cb\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/b\u003e9781976046896\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46758715064625,"sku":"9781976046896","price":18.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0798\/8215\/8385\/products\/9781976046896.jpg?v=1692345270","url":"https:\/\/www.recomparo.com\/es\/products\/9781976046896","provider":"ReComparo.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}