Chain Reaction

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This novel is not written for the technically minded; it is a story of people rather than things, but, for those interested, a highly simplified glossary of some of the technical terms, together with a diagram showing the chain reaction itself, is to be found at the end of the book.

CHRISTOPHER HODDER-WILLIAMS

February 1959

The sun poured down with surprising warmth upon the roof of the Rolls that picked its way fluidly between jagged lines of less mobile traffic. A pennant fluttered authoritatively from its little mast on the radiator cap. Skilfully manoeuvred by a uniformed driver, the big car seemed to have an inevitable forward impetus as it nosed its way with unquestioned precedence in and out of more humble autos.

In the back Sir Robert Hargreaves was staring thoughtfully out of the car window without seeing anything in particular. But in Westminster Square he consulted his watch and checked it, as he always did, with the severe face of Big Ben, which frowned on the scene below and sternly reminded the minions of Whitehall that it was seven minutes past nine.

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