Re: <documenta X><blast> nuclear art

{ brad brace } (bbrace@wired.com)
Tue, 26 Aug 1997 12:15:56 -0700 (PDT)

"Mercer-Smith liked to compare weapons design to performing an organ
cantata, but with an unusal twist. 'Imagine that someone just walked in
and handed you the music for a Bach organ cantata and said, play it. Well,
this is an easy problem,' he said, because on an organ, every time you
play a key, you can expect it to be the same note. The physics of nuclear
weapons, on the other hand, is non-linear. 'So, if I hit a key here,' he
said, acting out this concert on the table, 'it changes the meaning of a
key over there. You're trying to play an organ that is non-linear and
changing in real time.'"

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