This is the cover of the latest Sara Paretsky book:
As you might gather from the title, the book has something to do with nuclear physics. But the symbol for radiation hazard is this:
This is the symbol that is on the cover, which is the symbol for a biological hazard, not a radiological one:
I'd guess that this is what happens when everyone involved majored in English or art design; they likely took a basic science survey class in college and since most science classes are held in the morning, they likely slept through most of the lectures.
3 comments:
Yeah, missed the boat on that one... Problem is, how many readers will even notice?
No less likely anymore is that their liberal arts program was too politically-correct to offer such Eurocentric courses.
High probability that they did it because the biohazard symbol looks awesome.
I love Paretsky, but I hate what happens to nuclear physics in the hands of a novelist. Haven't yet decided whether to read this one.
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