A recently published book entitled “Nanotechnology and Homeland Security” claims to be scientific, but has neither source notes nor bibliography.
I discussed its two authors with nanotechnologists. Mark A. Ratner (the father) is a very well-regarded scientist. But his son Dan, who figures as the first author, ahead of his father, has done his father a disservice: The book represents the worst case of “political correctness,” is light on science, bloated on arrogance and concentrates on trivia.
The book jacket says above the title: “New Weapons for New Wars.” What? Do the Ratners refer to China’s possible molecular nano war on the United States? Good heavens! How can anyone think of such absolutely impossible horrors?
When the Chinese “president” came to Paris on Jan. 26 for a four-day visit, the Eiffel Tower was “lit up in red for the occasion.” Do you understand the symbolism? China is red (Vivat!), and a quarter of French voters voted for Communism even after Khrushchev had exposed Stalin as “our Hitler, only worse.”
